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Im no fan of Starmer but …

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BettyWhittaker · 20/01/2026 08:11

I am very anti - Labour government, have never voted Labour in my life and never would and I hope an early GE is called …

BUT - AIBU to think he really couldn’t have handled Trump any better than he had? Christ the man is completely unhinged, his behaviour is getting worse and worse - AIBU to think Starmer really couldn’t have done more to handle this?

I thought his statement yesterday was pretty good. Let’s just hope the mad man gets taken out of office before he kicks off another bloody war

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Egglio · 20/01/2026 08:32

senua · 20/01/2026 08:29

Christ the man is completely unhinged, his behaviour is getting worse and worse
You seem to be contradicting yourself. You start by saying that Starmer's handling so far is excellent but then say that Trump is getting worse. If the handling is so good shouldn't Trump be getter better?

You can't fix psychopathy.

senua · 20/01/2026 08:29

Christ the man is completely unhinged, his behaviour is getting worse and worse
You seem to be contradicting yourself. You start by saying that Starmer's handling so far is excellent but then say that Trump is getting worse. If the handling is so good shouldn't Trump be getter better?

Fearfulsaints · 20/01/2026 08:29

I agree. We need a slow plodder not someone that escalates issues. It appears we are very tied to the us whether we like it or not.

PacificState · 20/01/2026 08:25

Different situation from you because I voted Labour and still hope they’ll get their finger out of their arse domestically 😖 but yes, I agree. There is no magic cheat code for handling Trump (unless you have kompromat on him… maybe GCHQ should get on that). We are strategically tied to the US; that’s just an awful fact. We can’t threaten him
because we cannot match the US economically or militarily. If we enrage him he is prepared to do absolutely unconscionable things. I’m really glad that Starmer is such a systematic, plodding, unexcitable type - I can’t imagine any UK politician would handle trump better, and lots would handle him much, much worse.