Im no fan of Starmer but …

The EU is more strident towards Trump, we will see how it plays out but it was good to hear the House Speaker Mike Johnson, in his speech to Parliament, being far more conciliatory.

Pity some in opposition & a few posters on here, cannot read the room as well.

I agree.

im not a natural labour only voter. Have voted LB, LD and (one nation) Tory in the past.

Wouldn’t vote Tory again after the last 14 years so voted Labour. I was actually a bigger Starmer fan than Labour as a party iyswim?

He’s doing so well on the world stage and taking charge and showing the UK as a diplomatic and controlled country.

Would be nice if he could do the same domestically however I fear the RW media (most of it is RW controlled) make it harder because he had dome
some good things domestically too.

I don’t want an early GE. I want Starmer to remain and to be given a good chance because I think longer term he will do so much more good.

Trump may or may do that, but as it stands, he's done a business deal with Ukraine and Europe to pay for them hasn't he? Those weapons are not free. Trump does like a deal.

It also wouldn't be Starmers fault. The blame needs to lay with the shit leader in the world - Trump himself.

Starmer has played the long game. He realised he needed to get us back on good terms with EU leaders and they are at least talking to him and coordinating statements with him and we aren’t totally on our own. Which given how bad the relationships were under Johnson/Truss and would be with Farage is a massive success.
I’m sure the media would castigate Starmer if he stood up to Trump and Trump’s response was to retaliate by cutting off weapons to Ukraine.

We are supporting them, to the tune of billions of pounds a year, and yet the crisis just increases. It’s not at black and white as you make out. And there are other more pressing priorities now. It’s harsh, but true.

Thank God, we can count on him to do the right thing.

Doesn't Vance have the deciding vote in case of a tie?

Trump can and will just ride roughshod over Congress if it suits him.

Trump needs approval from Congress to fund a military takeover right? (And surely to buy Greenland however many billions it would cost.) If that’s the case, can’t we treat this as a single raving lunatic, rather than something that is likely/ definitely going to happen?

Or is there a route Trump can take without Congress’ approval?

I disagree. Children with additional needs aren’t going away. We can support them now
so they can be productive members of society (as much as they are able to). Or we don’t support them and they grow up unable to cope and become dependent on the state for their whole lives. I think economically it makes sense to provide support as early as possible to give them the best shot. I feel the same way about preventative medicine and early diagnosis vs paying to treat chronic conditions for the long term. Long term planning and funding it is good for us all. But it’ll never happen in this country, and especially not if we need to prioritise defence.

I agree he’s done an excellent job of it. Agree he has impeccable diplomacy skills. I think he’s playing good cop to Europes bad cop vis a vis the deranged lunatic over the pond. It’d be nice to tell DT to stick it but that’s not in our interests.

Imagine how the history books are going to write up the DT presidency - attacking and insulting allies, supporting vile autocrat Putin, endorsing the invasion of democratic countries, and deposing autocratic leaders he has personal beef with while leaving in post others that are as bad or worse, demanding a Nobel peace prize and threatening retribution when he doesn’t get it, honouring himself by renaming the Kennedy centre…

How could you possibly know how to handle someone so psychopathic? There is written evidence of the US governments approval of the handing back of the Chagos Islands sent 6 months ago and then now, after it was done, probably with the approval or request of the US, its a 'stupid' decision according to Trump? He was the one who said it was a good idea! How can you possibly deal with someone like that?

‘Usual suspects’ the usual posters use this line tbf.

Why do you need credit for Starmer

It's no surprise to see the usual suspects on here who are unable to give Starmer credit for anything. Some people are just so focused on trashing Labour at every opportunity that they just can't take their blinkers off.

I'm not a Labour voter but I am very pleased that we have Starmer in charge just now to deal with this. The thought of alternative PMs is terrifying.

Sadly I think those that vote for Reform lack the ability to recognise the danger of Nigel being our spokesperson (shudder) or appreciate the value of Keir’s response to all this.

I no longer have mine, sadly.

I had forgotten about that!

I love that poster. One of my friends had that and I always coveted it.

If a toddler is running around with a live grenade, you don’t escalate, just speak calmly and clear the room.

It’s what Starmer is doing.

Which ridiculous demand has Starmer ‘entertained’ though?
Thatcher famously didn’t stand up to Reagan. I’m old enough to have had this poster as a student

We can but hope.

The world is very precarious right now, and we need the grown ups to be in charge. So I suspect that the current situation will make a lot of people think twice about Farage and Reform.

Starmer is exactly who we need.

Reform can continue to gawp.

Can you quote where I said single-handedly?
He has worked tirelessly and campaigned for a long time against the death penalty, internationally. His work (along with others’!) has been instrumental in the removal of the death penalty in several countries (I’m not sure why you put that in inverted commas, as if it wasn’t several countries). It’s easy to say ‘he argued in court’ like that’s nothing, but he led some of these appeals. Have you experience in bringing huge cases like this to Court? I’m guessing not, for you to diminish such an achievement. Or, for you not to recognise how diplomacy plays a huge part in changing the law in a foreign country.

Kier Starmer is a statesman and an intelligent political operator.
Sadly, he is also the leader of a party who have inherited the results of a 14 year austerity shitshow, off the back of a global pandemic, and during the rise of far right (which always follows nation state isolationism...)
I sometimes wonder if he thinks "careful what you wish for..."