This short-sighted PM can see across the Channel… but not to our closest ally_Nhy
We need a Prime Minister who looks forward, not backwards. Instead, we have Keir Starmer: a man stuck in reverse.
He pines for Britain to be a part of the EU he wished we never left, rather than looking to America.
A US trade deal would be the ultimate prize of Brexit. For anyone who can’t see past rejoining the EU, it would undo some of the economic damage Labour has done and unleash opportunities for British businesses.
President Trump is one of the most pro-British residents of the White House ever. He has a scrapbook of the Royal Family, a Scottish mother and recently moved the bust of Churchill back into the Oval Office.
Never has it been truer that we are two countries separated by a common language.
Better still, we have already done the groundwork. While the Prime Minister was energetically campaigning for a second referendum, open-door migration and trying to block Trump from visiting the UK, we set to work on a deal.
President Trump is one of the most pro-British residents of the White House ever, writes Andrew Griffith
We need a Prime Minister who looks forward, not backwards, Andrew Griffith writes. Pictured: Keir Starmer
We understood the opportunity. Meanwhile, Starmer is too busy cosying up to Brussels to care about the billions Britain is missing out on.
Perhaps it’s because he has never believed in Britain or perhaps because he’s focused on a bidding war against himself to give away our strategic assets.
Either way, his horizons are limited and his sight is short.
He can see across the Channel to our nearest neighbour but not across the Atlantic to our closest ally and biggest trading partner. Starmer is a manager, not a leader, desperate to find the path of least resistance rather than doing what is best for the country.
His lack of vision risks costing Britain dearly.
Increased trade with the US could reduce costs for consumers, raise wages and achieve the growth Starmer made such a song and dance about.
Instead, we are facing punishing tariffs because the Prime Minister can’t look past the feelings of his north London dinner party friends.
For anyone who can’t see past rejoining the EU, it would undo some of the economic damage Labour has done and unleash opportunities for British businesses, Andrew Griffith writes. Pictured: Prime Minister Keir Starmer and European Council President Antonio Costa
If Starmer does not secure a trade deal, he should be held personally responsible for jeopardising four million transatlantic jobs, fuelling inflation and crippling British industry. Because if trade barriers go up, as they already have for others, British businesses will bear the brunt.
The Prime Minister claims you can have both closer ties with the EU and America. If we judge Starmer by his deeds, not his empty words, then it becomes clear he doesn’t even believe his own spin.
Currently, there are legions of civil servants working on closer ties with the EU while he hasn’t appointed a trade envoy to the US.
This week, Starmer begun Britain’s march back into to the EU. He should instead be hotfooting it to Washington to talk trade with Trump and rekindle our deal. I won’t hold my breath.
