Richard Murphy Spells Out the Stark Realities for Keir Starmer

9th March 2025

Starmer has to make a choice: his ‘policy' is unsustainable
Posted on March 9 2025.

Right across the political spectrum there is a consensus that Keir Starmer has to make a decision on which side he will support in the rapidly opening split between Donald Trump's USA and the European Union.

The European Union did not wish to split with the USA. That is not because the EU has been exploiting the US, as Donald Trump would claim to be the case. There is no evidence to support that idea. Instead, it is because almost every EU member state had presumed until the moment of Donald Trump's inauguration that they and the USA shared a broadly similar world outlook, even when it came to such unpalatable US policies as that on Gaza.

Now it is apparent to just about everyone but the Prime Minister of the UK that this is no longer the case. For whatever the reason, and there is much to speculate about on that, it is clear that Donald Trump is now pursuing three meta-narratives that underpin his foreign policy. These are that he will:

Support Russia, and its policy agenda, most especially when it comes to Ukraine.

Seek to undermine the European Union.

Drive for US geographical expansion, including at cost to NATO and EU countries.

Read the full realities on the blog post HERE