Keir Starmer: ‘I’m fed up’ with Trump and Putin affecting UK energy costs

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/09/keir-starmer-fed-up-trump-putin-uk-energy-costs.html

38 Comments

  1. Trump is already gunning for Starmer. I heard Vance throw shade all over him in a news interview in Poland …

  2. HumanBeing7396 on

    Stirring stuff – reminds me of Churchill’s famous “I’m slightly annoyed” speech.

  3. I remember when north sea oil and gas was supposed to bring us energy independence. With wind and solar we could get a lot closer than we are currently. Wouldn’t it be lovely not to have to care about Russia or the middle east…

  4. Publicly state that if he is going to keep threatening allies the UK is going to have to consider his families businesses as enemy property and bar them from doing business in the UK.

  5. Heisenbergg55 on

    K. Starmer saying he’s “fed up” is the most honest thing a Western leader has said in months

    The UK has ZERO leverage over any of the three variables wrecking its energy market right now: Trump’s foreign policy, Putin’s gas taps and whether a ceasefire in the Gulf holds for another week That’s a brutal position for any PM to be in

    The Lebanon criticism is notable though Starmer publicly calling Israeli strikes “wrong” during an active ceasefire is a harder line than most NATO leaders will touch

  6. Fed up with factors that affect you that are outside of your control. Welcome to the real world.

  7. IncidentSome4403 on

    He’s just now getting fed up? I’ve been fed up with the orange baby for about the last decade

  8. Sounds like he’s saying “we shouldn’t be dependent on energy from the rest of the world”.

    I think most people/countries are saying that now… but what are you going todo about it?

  9. Informal_Drawing on

    It’s almost as if going out of our way to appease these world-class fuckwits isn’t in our best interests.

    Nice that he finally got the god damned memo.

  10. Just strike a deal with Norway. No one says you have to buy oil and gas using the world’s index prices.

  11. RealAmbassador4081 on

    We are all fed up with this Bullshit. Americans need to take back their country from these maniacs.

  12. Western leaders finally saying something remotely negative about Trump now that enough public sentiment has turned against him and other leaders are taking a stand.

  13. SeaworthinessSome454 on

    He doesn’t want to be reliant on other countries while simultaneously not taking steps to be independent.

    Hopefully it’s a wake up call. It’s going to cost more money in the short term but it’s better in the long term to not be reliant on anyone else.

  14. Cabbages24ADollar on

    When Joe Biden is a MUCH better president you’re cooked.

    Remove the cranky old demented narcissist pedo. He’s done. MAGA failed.