Starmer namechecking Trump is significant. He’s been very measured in his comments up to now. It seems like a sign he’s had enough and won’t be mincing words in the same way going forward.
To give him credit, if he’d reflexively refused to work with Trump from day 1, I think this change in posture would’ve had less impact. It’s precisely because he tried his best to work with the mad orange guy, AND it hasn’t worked, that his positioning on this is so plausible to the public.
Wart_Time_L32 on
We all are, sadly what ever treatment they keep giving him is going to artificially extend his life for a while.
Eukonidor_Of_Arisia on
Who destroyed Nord Stream 2..? Pretty sure it wasn’t Russia.
Mr_Ignorant on
I’m glad that we’re finally being a little more honest.
While I’m against the world acting like monkeys flinging shit everywhere, at some point we also need to show our frustration at a mad man.
Hopefully next time, we don’t just mention the energy prices, but also all the innocent lives lost.
OverTheCandlestik on
Then as a democratically elected politician who is the prime minister of this country and should act for the better of the electorate maybe do more about it than just be ‘fed up’ and continually tolerate insult after insult from Trump?
Immediate-Charge-450 on
How about Israel Mr Starmer? Epstein? Mendelson? Rings a bell?
Material-Bee-907 on
I can’t do his accent but “Yes the gas & electric bills for number 10 are horrendous”
Chemical-Lettuce2497 on
Whilst it’s good he’s finally saying it I guess, it’s hardly a hot take
charlsspice on
Nice to have a leader for once calling out the US for their mistakes. I can’t recall any PM from Blair to Sunak doing this, so it is very refreshing to hear.
stichbury on
Nice, but why won’t he cancel the King’s visit if he’s that fed up.
NoSwordfish1978 on
Glad to see him calling out Trump, but the more important question is what is he going to do about it.
ridiclousslippers2 on
In that case he should have a word with Milliband and at least try and mitigate it. E.g. reduce fuel duty, remove VAT ?
dongledoer on
Funny that , because we are all fed up with Starmer
Dramatic-Line6223 on
Then do something about it. That’s your Job!
Renationalise power, form a national wealth fund with what remains of our Oil and Gas and transition to Green Energy and Nuclear.
evil666overlord on
A shame it’s taken him this long to say so and he still won’t do anything new about it. Neither Trump nor Putin will change anything as a result of him saying this.
Prize_Constant2569 on
Its a chain of events that causes a problem, cant just keep lashing out at shi* when things go wrong. we should be ready for problems.
I suppose he drives around with no break down cover on his car, gets builders to do work when he has no money, I could go on……its a losers comment!
SideburnsOfDoom on
UK voters are going to be irate when the costs of living go up due to the petrochemical shock.
They will blame the government as usual.
A sensible politician will get out ahead of it, and talk about someone else being really to blame.
He is completely right though. “Trump and Putin” and their sort are to blame.
fen90der on
It is not an exaggeration to say that all out war could be the catalyst for total environmental collapse, food shortages, mass extinction and death on a huge scale.
On that basis, being fed up is not an appropriate statement in terms of outrage. I am fed up of watching total global collapse due to psychotic global leaders with plans for territorial expansion and profit.
I refuse to believe if civilised world leaders really cared enough about life and not about simply taking lobbyists money, they couldn’t prevent this, they absolutely could.
The greed of strangers might kill my family and the bloke who could contribute to preventing this is just chucking his hands in the air.
CyberRenegade on
Starmer needs to commit to doing something proactive about it. In reality, all efforts should be focused on building nuclear power (not “green” power) so the UK no longer has a dependency on foreign power sources.
Trundlenator on
Ideally we’d restructure European and other international relations to minimise both America and Russia(militarily and economically) but in reality it’s too late to do this so we’re stuck with this current dynamic until something world changing happens.
emptyglasses on
A strong leader would have put his foot down sooner and had some mettle rather than leaning on faux diplomacy. We do not need America. We need to build self-reliance and lean on our existent and current EU partnerships, rather than stay aligned with a state that froths at mouth constantly. Staying aligned with America is a security risk.
Efficient_Sky5173 on
Some people use words like blame-shifting, projecting, scapegoating, deflecting, etc
I prefer… cunt.
tfminnieotto on
Ok, so let’s get the ball rolling towards the UK being energy independent then.
Turbulent-Writer-228 on
Such a strongly worded sentence, if only there was a way to predict that something like this might happen and start moving the needle on nuclear energy… oh wait!
Crypto_gambler952 on
Do you think Starmer realises how fed of him we are?!!
ID3293 on
Starmer is rubbing his hands with glee he has someone else to blame high energy costs on, when they were sky high even before this war.
Available-Toe-7096 on
I tell you what, my respect for him has gone up with this. Trump has relentlessly mocked him for the best part of 6-weeks – it’s about time Starmer stood up to him.
I’m absolutely certain this will spell much closer, more formal relations with Europe now. I think it’s time we swallow some pride and look to rejoin, apologise for the fiasco and move forward with our true allies.
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Starmer namechecking Trump is significant. He’s been very measured in his comments up to now. It seems like a sign he’s had enough and won’t be mincing words in the same way going forward.
To give him credit, if he’d reflexively refused to work with Trump from day 1, I think this change in posture would’ve had less impact. It’s precisely because he tried his best to work with the mad orange guy, AND it hasn’t worked, that his positioning on this is so plausible to the public.
We all are, sadly what ever treatment they keep giving him is going to artificially extend his life for a while.
Who destroyed Nord Stream 2..? Pretty sure it wasn’t Russia.
I’m glad that we’re finally being a little more honest.
While I’m against the world acting like monkeys flinging shit everywhere, at some point we also need to show our frustration at a mad man.
Hopefully next time, we don’t just mention the energy prices, but also all the innocent lives lost.
Then as a democratically elected politician who is the prime minister of this country and should act for the better of the electorate maybe do more about it than just be ‘fed up’ and continually tolerate insult after insult from Trump?
How about Israel Mr Starmer? Epstein? Mendelson? Rings a bell?
I can’t do his accent but “Yes the gas & electric bills for number 10 are horrendous”
Whilst it’s good he’s finally saying it I guess, it’s hardly a hot take
Nice to have a leader for once calling out the US for their mistakes. I can’t recall any PM from Blair to Sunak doing this, so it is very refreshing to hear.
Nice, but why won’t he cancel the King’s visit if he’s that fed up.
Glad to see him calling out Trump, but the more important question is what is he going to do about it.
In that case he should have a word with Milliband and at least try and mitigate it. E.g. reduce fuel duty, remove VAT ?
Funny that , because we are all fed up with Starmer
Then do something about it. That’s your Job!
Renationalise power, form a national wealth fund with what remains of our Oil and Gas and transition to Green Energy and Nuclear.
A shame it’s taken him this long to say so and he still won’t do anything new about it. Neither Trump nor Putin will change anything as a result of him saying this.
Its a chain of events that causes a problem, cant just keep lashing out at shi* when things go wrong. we should be ready for problems.
I suppose he drives around with no break down cover on his car, gets builders to do work when he has no money, I could go on……its a losers comment!
UK voters are going to be irate when the costs of living go up due to the petrochemical shock.
They will blame the government as usual.
A sensible politician will get out ahead of it, and talk about someone else being really to blame.
He is completely right though. “Trump and Putin” and their sort are to blame.
It is not an exaggeration to say that all out war could be the catalyst for total environmental collapse, food shortages, mass extinction and death on a huge scale.
On that basis, being fed up is not an appropriate statement in terms of outrage. I am fed up of watching total global collapse due to psychotic global leaders with plans for territorial expansion and profit.
I refuse to believe if civilised world leaders really cared enough about life and not about simply taking lobbyists money, they couldn’t prevent this, they absolutely could.
The greed of strangers might kill my family and the bloke who could contribute to preventing this is just chucking his hands in the air.
Starmer needs to commit to doing something proactive about it. In reality, all efforts should be focused on building nuclear power (not “green” power) so the UK no longer has a dependency on foreign power sources.
Ideally we’d restructure European and other international relations to minimise both America and Russia(militarily and economically) but in reality it’s too late to do this so we’re stuck with this current dynamic until something world changing happens.
A strong leader would have put his foot down sooner and had some mettle rather than leaning on faux diplomacy. We do not need America. We need to build self-reliance and lean on our existent and current EU partnerships, rather than stay aligned with a state that froths at mouth constantly. Staying aligned with America is a security risk.
Some people use words like blame-shifting, projecting, scapegoating, deflecting, etc
I prefer… cunt.
Ok, so let’s get the ball rolling towards the UK being energy independent then.
Such a strongly worded sentence, if only there was a way to predict that something like this might happen and start moving the needle on nuclear energy… oh wait!
Do you think Starmer realises how fed of him we are?!!
Starmer is rubbing his hands with glee he has someone else to blame high energy costs on, when they were sky high even before this war.
I tell you what, my respect for him has gone up with this. Trump has relentlessly mocked him for the best part of 6-weeks – it’s about time Starmer stood up to him.
I’m absolutely certain this will spell much closer, more formal relations with Europe now. I think it’s time we swallow some pride and look to rejoin, apologise for the fiasco and move forward with our true allies.