Keir Starmer launches ‘charm offensive’ in Washington to strengthen ties with EU

“We've had Keir Starmer out in Washington and it has been a charm offensive and then some.”
The “mood music is very, very positive” as Keir Starmer meets world leaders for the first time as prime minister in Washington DC, with plans to strengthen economic ties with Europe, reports political editor Steven Swinford.
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[@AgentGreyFox]

The Tories destroyed the UK's standing in the world. Absolute disgusting.

[@Cherrytune386]

Labour are repairing the UK now 😍🌹🎉♥️

[@marumaru6084]

@@Cherrytune386 Both WEF poodles, the rest of the world outside EU is laughing.

[@TrafficConeGD]

@@marumaru6084just buzzwords. The WEF is just a group of economists that have some marginal influence but at the end of the day governments ignores them constantly.

[@jeremykille4689]

​@@Cherrytune386deluded.

[@shriddim6956]

@@Cherrytune386😂 there about to destroy the country forever

[@walter3433]

I get leaving the EU ( sort of ), but leaving the single market was a move you can't really explain the benefit of.

[@merrymachiavelli2041]

Eh, to play devil's advocate, a single market requires quite a lot of political integration and centralised decision making. To make a single market work, you need a single set of regulations around tariffs, food, product safety...etc. It's a lot more expansive than people realise (because most of the rule-making is mind-numbingly boring and technical). If you are somebody who is truly and sincerely unhappy with EU political authority overriding that of British law-makers, then I think it's logically consistent to object to Britain being part of the single market. Personally, I'm willing to surrender a bit of sovereignty for the sake of mutual benefit, but that's a political choice.

[@ahaveland]

​@@merrymachiavelli2041 None of the members surrendered sovereignty. Brexit was a lie manufactured by billionaires that didn't want to have to declare their offshore havens and pay tax, and F the rest of us. The leave campaign used Russian propaganda techniques with their support, as it would weaken both UK and Europe to Putin's advantage in taking Crimea and Ukraine. There are no coincidences.

[@Khan_is_mongol]

"Special relationship" - Where the UK has been bending over for the US since 1945. The Americans are dumping their micro-plastic foods and buying our companies and turning into mini finance institutions. Mass number of people are leaving

[@houldenc22]

Listen to the presenter bricking it over labour dealing with the EU

[@_Stroda]

So far, it seems, that Labour have set about doing the sorts of things that you'd have hoped the UK government would be doing. They're not my ideal party (which, sadly, doesn't exist, and would never lead a government if it did) but it's certainly refreshing to have what looks like fairly competent people, with the interests of the country, in charge. A shame that for years we've had to put up with the idiotic choice of a minority of voters.

[@finncullen]

Regarding "Not my ideal party," I heard something the other day that rang true. Voting for a party is not like choosing a spouse where you wait for the exact right person to come along. It's more like choosing a bus... you find the one that's going closest to where you want to go and get on that one.

[@robcarrol]

Never again should a tiny bunch of geriatric racists be allowed to pick our Prime Minister.

[@hugodrax71]

Starmer has just been doing his very own Eras tour.

[@pip1723]

5 more year's of this and the country might be back on it's feet a again after the disastrous Johnson truss and sunak show .

[@jaks4164]

5 years is too short. But you know when your countrie goes to the good direction

[@emanuel1940]

Yeah agree with the above, will take at least 2 terms to actually get back on our feet. 14 years of damage undone in 9-10 seems achievable.

[@freevent28]

Come on ppl. £64B loss by Truss in 45 or 49 days; £30B given to Tory covid funneling to rich associates. Further , Put young 18 yr old to work in care homes & complesevery military but not my own kids.Off to CA USA with £800m , goodbye.

[@carmadme]

It's far worse than that I understand Given the pause in politics it was less than a week

[@brinjoness3386]

300 million given to the Rwanda government for f,,c knows

[@31Blaize]

But the Tories were on Sky this morning telling us how they'd left a solid economy for Labour to benefit from.... are you saying they (gasp)... LIED? Surely not 🤣

[@ParaquatSC]

"if you look at the economic charts on this day, and this day, and this one other day, and you ignore the rest... we've done very well!

[@PassiveAgressive319]

Of course they did. Rachel Reeves is clever enough to build on it

[@teddypicker8799]

Our economy shrank last year by 0.2%. Only major economy to shrink

[@dragonfly6908]

​@@PassiveAgressive319Is that Rachel "I used to work in a bank" Reeves?. 😊

[@gaz9957]

The question I ask is 'good for whom?' They left a cobbled together "gig economy" that forces young people to take on multiple jobs to barely get by. Good for the rich 1%.

[@Frithogar]

A week after the election, the Times is back to scare journalism.

[@violetskydiver7684]

The journalist yelling at the end there was hilarious 😂

[@lucasjames7524]

Like a bunch of rabid hyenas. It's crazy that they do that.

[@joshuachapman247]

Didn't realize they yell so loud when being shuffled off out of the room.

[@Cherrytune386]

Proud we've got at last an adult representing the UK! 🌹♥️👍

[@cockneycharm3970]

😅😅

[@polly6336]

Same here. I got a little goose-bumpy! Poor old Joe, though.

[@ehnowthen]

An adult knows what a woman is.

[@cockneycharm3970]

@@polly6336 For him 😅

[@polly6336]

@@ehnowthen is that the best you can do 😂 There are women in this thread, by the way 😘

[@illinoisan]

I just today learned who Angela Rayner is and as an American I’m far more intrigued by her story and her plans to reimagine council estates.

[@goncalovazpinto6261]

What was that ruckus at the end? What were those women yelling for?! That's an instant migraine right there!

[@polly6336]

Probs trying to yell questions at Joe Biden regarding his cognitive abilities, or lack thereof.

[@lucasjames7524]

The media tries to pelt gotcha questions at them. It always happens but it's seldom broadcast unless the politician bites and divulges some juicy answer. They do all sound like rabid hyenas or angry chickens, though.

[@goncalovazpinto6261]

@@lucasjames7524 i think it wasn't just the media, the white house staff sounded very loud and very shrill as well...

[@user-wf3nn6rx5t]

The right wing biased media can say what they like. Sir Keir is a statesman, and dignity has returned to our image on the World stage.

[@PassiveAgressive319]

💯💯💯💯👏👏👏👏🤣

[@keithparker1346]

If you support a person that agrees with war crimes

[@ehnowthen]

🤣

[@gillianslater9227]

😀😃😄😁😆😅🤣😂🤢🤮

[@chrisloy2025]

What the heck is that ending about?! Who let yapping dogs in🤣

[@chadwick7579]

Keir got a lot of work to do on the world stage.

[@rogerward9492]

That's Sir to you.

[@chadwick7579]

@@rogerward9492 sorry please excuse me ! “Sir”😭

[@Cherrytune386]

He's made a great start

[@chadwick7579]

@@Cherrytune386 is it. Did you see the handshake that Biden gave. Had him hanging for a minute. And also other video for references that he seems a bit nervous but I’m a full supporter of him .he’s for the ordinary beings and a more relatable individual

[@ianworley8169]

About time someone did. Our standing in the International Community had flat lined under the last joke of a Government. It'll take years to undo the harm done by previous Tory Governments, but Labour are moving us back in the right direction. No doubt our friends and allies are breathing a huge sigh of relief.

[@generalstack6540]

Nobody cares about the UK anymore. It’s a senile old country

[@catherinemacaskill1421]

I'm a Canadian and was a moderate conservative voter. In our country, we had a progressive conservative party. We also had a hard right party and the split conservative vote always gave the liberals the power. So the two conservative parties united. After that the conservative party won. We have had a liberal leadership since 2015 and they have made an absolute mess of our country and its economy. In the next election, the conservatives are destined to win. My fear is about how far right will Canadian conservatives go. The conservative movement needs to understand that most voters don't want extremes from either side of the ideological divide. The British people and the French people have shown us that is the case. Will conservative politicians accept that reality?

[@Yutappy99]

Has no one ever mentioned that Kier Starmer looks like David Hasselhoff?

[@The.Doctor.Venkman]

"Keir Starmer launches ‘charm offensive’" - LOL! We're ALL doomed. Quick, call Tony...

[@geofthompson3844]

The American press are absolutely nuts 😂.

[@shaggy0000]

He's off to visit our actual leader!

[@geoffreybuckingham689]

Trim your beard.

[@gordypattison3543]

Give him a chance. Leave your bias at the doòir

[@Anduz001]

Geez, the cacophony of squarks coming from the slither of reporters was absolutely too much!

[@MCML50]

What about what Starmer said, their is no way wee are going back to EU, did ent he say so?

[@gio-oz8gf]

What does "did ent" mean? Did you mean" didn't? Didn't is the contraction for "did not"; the apostrophe signifies that the "o" from "not" has been omitted. Did ent, FFS.

[@WalrusGumboot99]

He's probably wondering why Sunak has suddenly become a lot paler

[@jeremykille4689]

Blenheim Palace! That's a bit too close for comfort, thanks for the heads up. I will put a peg on my nose, so I can't smell the bs.

[@bosvigos9165]

At last, an adult back in No. 10!

[@keithparker1346]

Charm offensive and Starmer 😂

[@polly6336]

Ah ken, who'd have thunk it? He's nailing it! 🥰

[@RealMash]

Well, you have to see it in comparison. He is not obviously lying, he does not insult, he is polite person. That is quite an improvement.

[@keithparker1346]

@@RealMash Starmer is a proven liar

[@suesadler3611]

Name a politician who isn’t??

[@suesadler3611]

Some like Boris and Michael Gove about the £350 million we would get from Brexit and then admitting o tv it was a lie beat that !

[@johnlindley3201]

Why are they not more concerned, with the invasion on our shores?

[@Robert-xy4xi]

Targeting the people smugglers hasn't worked and the Tories said the same! Only way to break the business model of the smugglers is to take away the incentive for illegal migrants paying the smugglers, in the first place.

[@francisravenscroft-dw6gi]

The europe wide migration issue is 'messy' it is in fact simple. A euro wide effective policy. If you enter a European country, then you are guest, and subject to the imigration terms of that country. Even simplier- all foriegn nationals are to repatriate at the age of 58, works in China and the Middle East.

[@jcanyiam8309]

9:19 it sounds like the end of the School day- bye bye Children

[@aarondunn6759]

thank goodness for boring politicians. its not exciting but it isn't suppose to be.

[@jamesprice4647]

But those mad red lines...

[@johnmorgan7758]

Gerroff mouthie starmer still looks like a rsbbit in the headlamps

[@charlybeagrie1119]

Starmer couldn't woo anyone.

[@MBReader410]

France could easily stop the boats if they chose to.

[@abcdef-uc1rj]

Why would they want to? They'd rather the problem went elsewhere.

[@PaulLemars01]

France has offered multiple times to allow the installation of immigration processing centers under British control on the French coasts where immigrants and refugees could have their claims processed legally. The successful immigrants would then be able to the come into the country safely and immediately get to work (and start paying taxes). Those that fail would be rejected and relocated to their place of origin. No small boats. No headlines and a much more efficient and humane approach not to mention it would save a fortune. But the Tories and the rags wanted red meat headlines no matter how much money they wasted and how many people they killed.

[@Ladynipchick2]

What was all the yelling at the end??

[@DestroytheEUSSR]

Voted Labour all my life till blair took over and it ceased to be the party of the working class

[@marieguinan5087]

Davos or Westminster.... Traitor....

[@PlanetFrosty]

Ah, trotting out Trotsky in shinny new Elton John jacket! Labour will languish as it stumbles and bumbles.

[@roseanncampbell3168]

Wrong party, that's the Tories a d reform stumbling and bumbling

[@robclarke5438]

Go Kier

[@phoenixzappa7366]

A charm offensive? Keir Starmer?

[@mikepost8965]

I'm charmed by public service and competence

[@roseanncampbell3168]

Yes, are you jealous 😂

[@generalstack6540]

The honeymoon won’t last long

[@roseanncampbell3168]

Says you, take your meds 😂

[@JJONNYREPP]

Keir Starmer launches ‘charm offensive’ in Washington to strengthen ties with EU 1444pm 11.7.24 looks like she's going to get her way and have us returned to the school classroom, head bowed, shoes scuffed.... ear bent.

[@PassiveAgressive319]

❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️😅😅😅

[@JJONNYREPP]

@@PassiveAgressive319 cool showers wet!!!

[@PassiveAgressive319]

@@JJONNYREPP❄️❄️❄️

[@JJONNYREPP]

@@PassiveAgressive319 snow joke, then?

[@PassiveAgressive319]

⁠ Yes, it’s ‘snow’ joke😅

[@markpallister9882]

😂😂 DEMENTIACRATS 😂😂 ❤❤PRESIDENT TRUMP❤❤

[@user-jx4bc1ne9m]

If they go and try to rekindle single market free movement, labours majority will be short lived. Even if brexit isnt as popular as once was, at least a third who voted for it would still support it. Thats millions of people. Add that to new immigration issues, its a terrible move which should be avoided.

[@walter3433]

Yes being a part of the largest free trade block is a dumb move😂

[@roseanncampbell3168]

Millions in the UK do not support Brexit. Many now regret it

[@user-jx4bc1ne9m]

@@walter3433 free trade? You mean the four freedoms correct? And the control of what we sell and how we sell. It's a little more complicated than you're suggesting. But in any case, feel free to disagree.

[@jimoconnor2594]

Savile was innocent

[@AgentGreyFox]

You must love sewage water

[@rogerward9492]

What a strange thing to write about, and say he was innocent, someone who messed around with kids, the sad part about it is he never went to jail.

[@kevinrobb86]

Starmer has as much personality as a potato and Lammy the male version of Abbott is going to have to do some grovelling when Trump takes back the White house, Biden offered his hand and Starmer sat there looking at it it was hilarious and it looks like the Olympics are in danger of being cancelled due to the extreme left threatening to shut it down

[@gio-oz8gf]

Lammy has a A Master of Laws degree from Harvard University. You haven't mastered the basic concepts of commas, full stops, and new sentences. We were whisked from Washington to Paris in just one sentence, without so much as a solitary comma to allow us to catch our breath.

[@Ladynipchick2]

😂😂😂😅😅​@@gio-oz8gf

[@dragonfly6908]

Liebour seems to be getting cosy with Tony Blair. 😮

[@mccoomer]

A charmless man cannot charm charming men.

[@AgentGreyFox]

He can certainly do better than the Tories

[@ettaariane]

Anyone can.😅​@@AgentGreyFox

[@ParaquatSC]

Theres a difference between Charm and Charisma.

[@PassiveAgressive319]

I love it when the comment section try to be introspective😅😅😅😅

[@gio-oz8gf]

I've been told that when someone has to resort to personal insults, it's a sign that they've lost the argument. You've got nothing worthwhile to say, it's best if you say nothing at all.

[@Walksfar64]

We voted to leave the E U

[@Ladynipchick2]

I didn't. 😂