Starmer's Courtship of Trump May Cost Him at Home
Blair's members of Parliament believed this was one special relationship the UK could do without — a major reason for the three-time general election winner's unwilling departure from office in 2007. Today, Keir Starmer, who opposed Blair's intervention in Iraq, knows there's a domestic price to pay for his successful courtship of Donald Trump, another right-wing Republican in the White House.
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