[Tubby Isaacs]

https://uk.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/greenl ... -statement

This would seem to be the UK, together with France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland and Denmark making a strong joint statement on Greenland against Trump on 6 January.

Andy Beckett today:

some belatedly tough words from Starmer about Greenland on Wednesday

And BTL in response to someone calling him out.

You're right, Starmer did stand up to Trump effectively over Greenland on Wednesday. But the fact that's so noteworthy is because it has happened so rarely. He has been much slower to criticise Trump than Macron, Carney etc..

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... nald-trump

Andy Beckett has been around long enough to do better than this.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

Man's a cunt.

[Tubby Isaacs]

He's an able writer, but he's decided to chase the easy clicks of "Starmer-establishment-loves America-Europe is standing up to Trump". Beckett at least doesn't crowbar in Brexit to this analysis, which others do.

[Youngian]

The governnment's short term tactics are clear- don't upset the orange man baby for the sake of Ukraine. Buy what is the government's future geopolitical security strategy? I know which way France, Canada, Germany and the Nordics are leaning. But for all I know the British position is lets cross our fingers and hope Trump is a just a passing Bobby Ewing in the shower bad dream.

[Tubby Isaacs]

On Trident? I don’t know. That is certainly a worry.

The UK has though tried to integrate with the EU more generally on Defence. (Some) EU members asked the UK for a ridiculous amount of money to join its programme properly.