Sir Keir Starmer is confronted with several stark strategic dilemmas and they won’t be resolved by wishful thinking
‘Sir Keir may not want to choose a side, but he may find himself compelled to if the US triggers a full-blown global trade war.’‘Sir Keir may not want to choose a side, but he may find himself compelled to if the US triggers a full-blown global trade war.’don’t know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they frighten me.
The Treasury regards the Ministry of Defence as a wasteful money pit – as indeed it often has been – and will balk at handing substantial additional funds to the military. But it is hard to see how we are not going to be spending extra on security and many analysts already think it will have to be more like 3% of GDP. Which will mean less for the domestic ambitions
The idea that Britain can be besties with both the US and Europe is out of the Tony Blair playbook before 9/11 shook the geopolitical kaleidoscopewith Berlin and, er, that’s about it so far. The Labour leader has been emphatic about what he doesn’t want by repeatedly ruling out any attempt to return the UK to either the customs union or the single market. The complaint you often hear from the other side of the Channel is thator what kind of deals Sir Keir would be willing to strike.
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