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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rafael Behr

In the Trump vortex, Keir Starmer must fight hard and fast to define Britain’s destiny

Keir Starmer at a press conference in Downing Street, London, 21 January 2025
Keir Starmer at a press conference in Downing Street, London, 21 January 2025. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA

When all eyes at Westminster are fixed on Washington, it is easy to forget how little attention is paid back in return.

Unlike Mexico and Canada, Britain doesn’t have a long border with the US. It doesn’t rival America’s superpower primacy on the planet, unlike China. And it doesn’t export more goods across the Atlantic than it imports – a trait Donald Trump despises about the European Union.

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