Starmer attends G7 as Trump announces Strait of Hormuz to reopen It was Sir Keir Starmer’s first meeting with Mr Trump since the President said he was ‘no Winston Churchill’ in March Evening Standard · Jun 15
King Charles praises world’s 9/11 response in clarion call for Nato and Ukraine after Trump’s criticism Monarch added US ‘lies at the heart of Nato’ in historic speech to Congress after Trump’s threats to leave The Independent UK · Apr 28
King Charles and Queen Camilla meet Trumps at White House Royals pose for photographs with president and first lady at start of state visit before heading inside for private tea The Guardian - US · Apr 27
Voices: The King’s visit to the US will underline that with this shooting both countries can and must unite THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: While it might be unreasonable to expect the King and Queen to singlehandedly restore the transatlantic alliance, the relationship between Britain and America has weathered far more disagreeable backdrops The Independent UK · Apr 26
Keir Starmer Under Fire As Allies Accuse Him Of Leaving UK Bases Exposed To Iran As criticism mounts over Keir Starmer's cautious response to Iranian threats against UK bases, questions are growing about whether Britain's reliance on diplomatic language is enough to reassure allies and protect its forces on the ground. International Business Times UK · Mar 6
Donald Trump Mocks Keir Starmer As 'No Winston Churchill' After Iran Caving Donald Trump's claim that Keir Starmer is 'no Winston Churchill' has intensified scrutiny of Britain's Iran policy shift, exposing Cabinet tensions over legality, loyalty to Washington and the legacy of past interventions. International Business Times UK · Mar 5
What would Winston Churchill make of war with Iran? When Donald Trump criticised Keir Starmer for failing to sufficiently support American and Israeli operations against Iran, he did so with a historical flourish. “This is not Winston Churchill that we’re dealing with,” he complained. The Conversation · Mar 4
The wars the UK has fought alongside the US – and when Britain has refused IN FOCUS: Harry Cockburn reports on how 80 years of the 'special relationship' have informed international conflict, after Donald Trump lashed out at the British prime minister The Independent UK · Mar 4
Britain’s economic growth to be weakest in a century outside of pandemic and WWII, think tank warns The UK’s top two economic think tanks – the Resolution Foundation and the Institute for Fiscal Studies – have issued dire warnings over economic growth and borrowing a day after Rachel Reeves delivered her spring statement The Independent UK · Mar 4
British military and diplomatic leaders attack Trump over ‘Starmer is no Churchill’ jibe ‘Trump is quite rude about quite a lot of friendly prime ministers,’ says former ambassador The Independent UK · Mar 4
‘Lefty lawyer’, Mark Darcy inspo but ‘lacking star power’: How American media covered UK’s new PM Labour’s landslide win was branded a ‘power shift’ by Fox News while The Washington Post described new Prime Minister Keir Starmer a ‘lefty lawyer [who] defended vegan anarchists’ but is ‘no Winston Churchill’ The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2024
Lend me your ears! The art of political speechwriting The politicians deliver the words but who writes them? We talk to the experts whose job is to come up with the memorable phrases The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2022