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

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  • čas přidán 30. 07. 2024
  • “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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Komentáře • 150

  • @AgentGreyFox
    @AgentGreyFox Před 19 dny +54

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

    • @Cherrytune386
      @Cherrytune386 Před 19 dny +6

      Labour are repairing the UK now 😍🌹🎉♥️

    • @marumaru6084
      @marumaru6084 Před 19 dny +6

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

    • @TrafficConeGD
      @TrafficConeGD Před 19 dny

      @@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
      @jeremykille4689 Před 18 dny +1

      ​@@Cherrytune386deluded.

    • @shriddim6956
      @shriddim6956 Před 18 dny +1

      @@Cherrytune386😂 there about to destroy the country forever

  • @walter3433
    @walter3433 Před 19 dny +22

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

    • @merrymachiavelli2041
      @merrymachiavelli2041 Před 19 dny +3

      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
      @ahaveland Před 18 dny

      ​@@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
    @Khan_is_mongol Před 19 dny +9

    "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
    @houldenc22 Před 19 dny +16

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

  • @31Blaize
    @31Blaize Před 19 dny +22

    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
      @ParaquatSC Před 19 dny +2

      "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
      @PassiveAgressive319 Před 19 dny +1

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

    • @teddypicker8799
      @teddypicker8799 Před 19 dny +7

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

    • @dragonfly6908
      @dragonfly6908 Před 19 dny +1

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

    • @gaz9957
      @gaz9957 Před 19 dny +3

      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%.

  • @pip1723
    @pip1723 Před 19 dny +26

    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
      @jaks4164 Před 19 dny +3

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

    • @emanuel1940
      @emanuel1940 Před 19 dny +3

      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
    @freevent28 Před 19 dny +17

    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
      @carmadme Před 19 dny +1

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

    • @brinjoness3386
      @brinjoness3386 Před 18 dny

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

  • @_Stroda
    @_Stroda Před 19 dny +25

    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
      @finncullen Před 19 dny +11

      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
      @robcarrol Před 19 dny

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

    • @hugodrax71
      @hugodrax71 Před 19 dny

      Starmer has just been doing his very own Eras tour.

  • @Frithogar
    @Frithogar Před 19 dny +19

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

  • @violetskydiver7684
    @violetskydiver7684 Před 19 dny +8

    The journalist yelling at the end there was hilarious 😂

    • @lucasjames7524
      @lucasjames7524 Před 19 dny +4

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

  • @joshuachapman247
    @joshuachapman247 Před 19 dny +6

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

  • @Cherrytune386
    @Cherrytune386 Před 19 dny +40

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

    • @cockneycharm3970
      @cockneycharm3970 Před 19 dny

      😅😅

    • @polly6336
      @polly6336 Před 19 dny +3

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

    • @ehnowthen
      @ehnowthen Před 19 dny +3

      An adult knows what a woman is.

    • @cockneycharm3970
      @cockneycharm3970 Před 19 dny

      @@polly6336 For him 😅

    • @polly6336
      @polly6336 Před 19 dny +3

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

  • @user-wf3nn6rx5t
    @user-wf3nn6rx5t Před 19 dny +20

    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.

  • @illinoisan
    @illinoisan Před 18 dny +1

    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
    @goncalovazpinto6261 Před 19 dny +6

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

    • @polly6336
      @polly6336 Před 19 dny

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

    • @lucasjames7524
      @lucasjames7524 Před 19 dny +2

      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
      @goncalovazpinto6261 Před 18 dny

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

  • @chadwick7579
    @chadwick7579 Před 19 dny +4

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

    • @rogerward9492
      @rogerward9492 Před 19 dny +3

      That's Sir to you.

    • @chadwick7579
      @chadwick7579 Před 19 dny

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

    • @Cherrytune386
      @Cherrytune386 Před 19 dny +1

      He's made a great start

    • @chadwick7579
      @chadwick7579 Před 19 dny +1

      @@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
    @ianworley8169 Před 19 dny +11

    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
      @generalstack6540 Před 19 dny

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

    • @catherinemacaskill1421
      @catherinemacaskill1421 Před 19 dny +1

      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?

  • @shaggy0000
    @shaggy0000 Před 19 dny +1

    He's off to visit our actual leader!

  • @gordypattison3543
    @gordypattison3543 Před 19 dny +13

    Give him a chance.
    Leave your bias at the doòir

  • @The.Doctor.Venkman
    @The.Doctor.Venkman Před 15 dny

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

  • @Yutappy99
    @Yutappy99 Před 17 dny

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

  • @chrisloy2025
    @chrisloy2025 Před 18 dny

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

  • @geoffreybuckingham689
    @geoffreybuckingham689 Před 19 dny +5

    Trim your beard.

  • @MCML50
    @MCML50 Před 19 dny +1

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

    • @gio-oz8gf
      @gio-oz8gf Před 19 dny +1

      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.

  • @geofthompson3844
    @geofthompson3844 Před 18 dny

    The American press are absolutely nuts 😂.

  • @Robert-xy4xi
    @Robert-xy4xi Před 19 dny

    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.

  • @keithparker1346
    @keithparker1346 Před 19 dny +4

    Charm offensive and Starmer 😂

    • @polly6336
      @polly6336 Před 19 dny +2

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

    • @RealMash
      @RealMash Před 19 dny +3

      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
      @keithparker1346 Před 19 dny +1

      @@RealMash Starmer is a proven liar

    • @suesadler3611
      @suesadler3611 Před 19 dny +1

      Name a politician who isn’t??

    • @suesadler3611
      @suesadler3611 Před 19 dny +1

      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
    @johnlindley3201 Před 19 dny

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

  • @WalrusGumboot99
    @WalrusGumboot99 Před 18 dny

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

  • @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.

  • @Anduz001
    @Anduz001 Před 18 dny

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

  • @bosvigos9165
    @bosvigos9165 Před 19 dny

    At last, an adult back in No. 10!

  • @jeremykille4689
    @jeremykille4689 Před 18 dny

    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.

  • @jamesprice4647
    @jamesprice4647 Před 19 dny

    But those mad red lines...

  • @DestroytheEUSSR
    @DestroytheEUSSR Před 19 dny

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

  • @marieguinan5087
    @marieguinan5087 Před 18 dny

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

  • @johnmorgan7758
    @johnmorgan7758 Před 19 dny

    Gerroff mouthie starmer still looks like a rsbbit in the headlamps

  • @aarondunn6759
    @aarondunn6759 Před 19 dny

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

  • @charlybeagrie1119
    @charlybeagrie1119 Před 19 dny

    Starmer couldn't woo anyone.

  • @jcanyiam8309
    @jcanyiam8309 Před 19 dny

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

  • @Ladynipchick2
    @Ladynipchick2 Před 19 dny

    What was all the yelling at the end??

  • @MBReader410
    @MBReader410 Před 19 dny

    France could easily stop the boats if they chose to.

    • @abcdef-uc1rj
      @abcdef-uc1rj Před 19 dny

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

    • @PaulLemars01
      @PaulLemars01 Před 19 dny +1

      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.

  • @phoenixzappa7366
    @phoenixzappa7366 Před 19 dny +2

    A charm offensive? Keir Starmer?

  • @robclarke5438
    @robclarke5438 Před 18 dny

    Go Kier

  • @PlanetFrosty
    @PlanetFrosty Před 19 dny

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

  • @JJONNYREPP
    @JJONNYREPP Před 19 dny +1

    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.

  • @generalstack6540
    @generalstack6540 Před 19 dny +10

    The honeymoon won’t last long

  • @user-jx4bc1ne9m
    @user-jx4bc1ne9m Před 19 dny +1

    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
      @walter3433 Před 19 dny +7

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

    • @roseanncampbell3168
      @roseanncampbell3168 Před 19 dny +2

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

    • @user-jx4bc1ne9m
      @user-jx4bc1ne9m Před 18 dny

      @@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.

  • @markpallister9882
    @markpallister9882 Před 17 dny

    😂😂 DEMENTIACRATS 😂😂
    ❤❤PRESIDENT TRUMP❤❤

  • @jimoconnor2594
    @jimoconnor2594 Před 19 dny +1

    Savile was innocent

    • @AgentGreyFox
      @AgentGreyFox Před 19 dny +2

      You must love sewage water

    • @rogerward9492
      @rogerward9492 Před 19 dny +2

      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
    @kevinrobb86 Před 19 dny +4

    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
      @gio-oz8gf Před 19 dny

      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
      @Ladynipchick2 Před 19 dny

      😂😂😂😅😅​@@gio-oz8gf

  • @mccoomer
    @mccoomer Před 19 dny +4

    A charmless man cannot charm charming men.

    • @AgentGreyFox
      @AgentGreyFox Před 19 dny +6

      He can certainly do better than the Tories

    • @ettaariane
      @ettaariane Před 19 dny +1

      Anyone can.😅​@@AgentGreyFox

    • @ParaquatSC
      @ParaquatSC Před 19 dny

      Theres a difference between Charm and Charisma.

    • @PassiveAgressive319
      @PassiveAgressive319 Před 19 dny

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

    • @gio-oz8gf
      @gio-oz8gf Před 19 dny +3

      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.

  • @dragonfly6908
    @dragonfly6908 Před 19 dny +2

    Liebour seems to be getting cosy with Tony Blair. 😮

  • @Walksfar64
    @Walksfar64 Před 19 dny +2

    We voted to leave the E U