Starmer warned not to cosy up to Trump as new poll shows Labour voters want closer EU ties instead

UK needs to be friendly to US, EU and China.

As we launder China’s money, blindly follow EU laws and send troops for America’s wars we have been VERY successful at doing this.

If we keep our non-existent morals, we’ll do fine.

Except no-one voted for Labour. And those that did would probably endorse state run Grooming farms.

We’ve spent the past decade negotiating our relationship with the EU, there is little room to manoeuvre. We are largely settled with them. Focus should be on the US for the next 5-10 years.

*In 2023, UK exports of goods and services to the EU were £356 billion (42% of all UK exports). Imports from the EU were £466 billion (52% of the UK total).*

*In 2023, the UK imported £57.9 billion of goods from the United States (10.0% of all goods imports) and exported £60.4 billion of goods (15.3% of all goods exports).*

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-7851/

Who should we seek a closer relationship with? Our bigger trading partner, whom we share similar standards with and have greater leverage i.e economy size comparable to other EU members or with our smaller trading partner, whom will want concessions on food standards and have all the leverage in the event we alienate ourselves further from the EU to be subservient to the world’s largest economy.

In short it’s common sense to stick with our neighbours where we have more leverage, influence and will be working with more rational leaders.

It doesn’t matter what voters want, Starmer and those like him in the EU all serve American interests. If that’s to the detriment of their own populations than so be it

Eagerly awaiting Starmers much feared ‘lurch to the left.’ Coming any day now, I’m sure.

So knowing Starmer he will do the exact opposite with a shit eating grin om his face the entire time.

We should be back in Europe. We’re finished because of Brexit. Country has been broke ever since because of the tories!!

I don’t have any love for the EU but this is another reason the referendum should have been a super majority. We’re in a position now where we can’t chart a deliberate course. If we fanny about not building closer ties to the US because half like the EU more and then not getting closer to the EU again because the other half don’t like them then we’re in for a rough ride.

We either need to lean it to the reasons we left and become more globally focussed or we need to go back cap in hand and see what we can negotiate but sitting on the fence is the worst of both worlds.

After 5 years of being out of the EU, what benefits have we had, absolutely fuck all. Farage, Tice and Anderson lead the charge for Brexit, Farage, Tice and Anderson are Reform. The old saying “once bitten, twice shy” doesn’t seem to register with reform supporters.

Damned if he does, damned if he doesn’t. The kind of people complaining about the PM trying to build a relationship with the US President are just as cracked as the people saying we should be giving him the keys to the kingdom.

Of course. Only a fool would think that Trump is good for anybody except the rich. Just because he duped much of the US to think that fascism would make their eggs cheaper, with help from fellow billionaires like Musk, doesn’t change that fact. Labour should stop trying to win Reform voters, who are too drunk on delusions to see reality.

It’s not a 0-sum game. We need to try and keep all of our potential allies and trade partners sweet. The USA is too big a market for us to not at least try to maintain a working relationship, plus trump is easily sweettalked into thinking he has made a good deal while getting everything you want from him if you play your cards right. If things break down with the US because of trump, then we will have to deal with the consequenses of that, but it would be incredibly foolish to go into things with the aim of things breaking down