>”I like the British way of doing things. As you said, you are very pragmatic: you have a cup of tea, and then you think a bit about everything,” said Frederiksen.
> “You put the facts on the table, and then you find a way forward. I think we’ve got to get by with a little help from our friends,”
I feel like a lot of commenters this past week have forgotten this sentiment. Another Trump Temper Tantrum handled without jumping to threats.
ediblednb on
Starmer played a blinder. Wait the orange man out. No guns blazing. Diplomatic and professional.
Darkone539 on
I think there was a real worry we would do nothing when push came to shove and all of Europe just realised we would actually stand by them. Which, honestly, good to see.
Jigsawsupport on
Put a mark on the Calendar, we actually did good, and can feel patriotic for a day or two.
criticalitypoint on
Starmer actually completely won this. And he literally had to do nothing.
Farage on the other hand stuck his nose right up Trump’s ass and was like MMMMMMM smells like money to me!
Can’t wait for all the right wing lunatics to make this out to be a bad thing and how we should stand by the rapist 🤔
EvilMonkeySlayer on
I’m sure somehow there will be people with a stick up their rear about Starmer who will find an excuse to say it wasn’t enough.
KinkySouthAsian on
You’re welcome. But this is clearly not over. They will be coming back knocking on the door in around 6-12/18-24 months, and next time there wont be any words involved, only sudden ‘unexpected’ military force. We all might want to begin preparations for that inevitability.
toooomanypuppies on
Aside from the Reform knuckle-draggers dirtying the word “patriotic”, the UK has a lot to be proud and feel patriotic about really. This is a good, recent example. Keir made a good point in that alliances only work where there is mutual trust and respect, the UK has always shown this.
The best example I can think of? Our entry into WW2. We were the only country to fight the war from start to finish (01/09/1939 – 02/09/1945, 6 full years) and were the only country to enter the war on nothing but principle, more specifically, because we promised the Poles we’d fight for and with them.
Every other belligerent in WW2 was either attacked and forced into the war, or were the attackers. We went to war to help a friend and it bankrupted us.
The Poles have never forgotten this btw, this shit makes me feel proud to be British, not this flags on lamp-posts bullshit.
Front_Mention on
While starmer might be hated and his domestic management is questionable, he has handled the chaos of current international affairs amazingly. I do wonder if hes a natural foreign secretary or if he could focus on domestic politics he might be doing better
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>”I like the British way of doing things. As you said, you are very pragmatic: you have a cup of tea, and then you think a bit about everything,” said Frederiksen.
> “You put the facts on the table, and then you find a way forward. I think we’ve got to get by with a little help from our friends,”
I feel like a lot of commenters this past week have forgotten this sentiment. Another Trump Temper Tantrum handled without jumping to threats.
Starmer played a blinder. Wait the orange man out. No guns blazing. Diplomatic and professional.
I think there was a real worry we would do nothing when push came to shove and all of Europe just realised we would actually stand by them. Which, honestly, good to see.
Put a mark on the Calendar, we actually did good, and can feel patriotic for a day or two.
Starmer actually completely won this. And he literally had to do nothing.
Farage on the other hand stuck his nose right up Trump’s ass and was like MMMMMMM smells like money to me!
Can’t wait for all the right wing lunatics to make this out to be a bad thing and how we should stand by the rapist 🤔
I’m sure somehow there will be people with a stick up their rear about Starmer who will find an excuse to say it wasn’t enough.
You’re welcome. But this is clearly not over. They will be coming back knocking on the door in around 6-12/18-24 months, and next time there wont be any words involved, only sudden ‘unexpected’ military force. We all might want to begin preparations for that inevitability.
Aside from the Reform knuckle-draggers dirtying the word “patriotic”, the UK has a lot to be proud and feel patriotic about really. This is a good, recent example. Keir made a good point in that alliances only work where there is mutual trust and respect, the UK has always shown this.
The best example I can think of? Our entry into WW2. We were the only country to fight the war from start to finish (01/09/1939 – 02/09/1945, 6 full years) and were the only country to enter the war on nothing but principle, more specifically, because we promised the Poles we’d fight for and with them.
Every other belligerent in WW2 was either attacked and forced into the war, or were the attackers. We went to war to help a friend and it bankrupted us.
The Poles have never forgotten this btw, this shit makes me feel proud to be British, not this flags on lamp-posts bullshit.
While starmer might be hated and his domestic management is questionable, he has handled the chaos of current international affairs amazingly. I do wonder if hes a natural foreign secretary or if he could focus on domestic politics he might be doing better