Keir Starmer chooses jaw jaw over trade war with Trump |
There used to be a sign up in No. 10 which quoted Gilbert and Sullivan. ‘Quiet calm deliberation disentangles every knot,’ read the plaque, installed by Harold Macmillan. It is advice that Keir Starmer has taken to heart, as Donald Trump seemingly tries to tie Nato in as many twists and bows as possible. The Prime Minister had an unenviable task in his press conference this morning. He sought to both firmly resist Trump’s demands to annex Greenland – while desperately trying not to escalate the issue further. His approach might be summed up by another Macmillan quote: that ‘jaw, jaw is better than war war.’
At his presser, Starmer’s tone was grave, noting how the world has become ‘markedly more turbulent in........