Donald Trump has attacked Keir Starmer - and done him a massive favour

Starmer has just been handed the biggest gift of his political career (Picture: PA Wire/PA Images via REUTERS)

Whatever you think of Keir Starmer,you can’t argue that he’s in a bit of a tough spot right now.

Low approval ratings,a by-election disaster,and now blindsided by chaos and war in the Middle East. 

But whether Starmer appreciates it or not,he’s just been handed the biggest gift of his political career. 

Not because he’s done anything especially brilliant,but because he’s been given a leg up by an unlikely source – Donald Trump.

The US President’s latest rant about the UK involved him telling The Sun that Starmer hadn’t been ‘helpful’ in aiding offensive strikes in Iran.

He criticised Sadiq Khan,again,and the UK’s immigration levels. But, believe it or not,this could actually do some good.

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Which brings us back to Starmer and the gift he has been given.

Starmer has repeatedly failed to grasp any opportunity for his ‘Love Actually moment’,but there is a version of the future that political historians might finally describe as that.

Starmer’s popularity,or lack thereof,is no secret. The only politician the British public can’t stand more is Trump himself. I’m not revelling in our Prime Minister’s unpopularity,but that contrast is not nothing.

If he had any sense,Starmer would now build a genuinely independent British foreign policy – closer to Europe,rooted in international law and the national interest – without looking like the one who walked away from whatever shreds of the ‘special relationship’ are left.

If he stood up now,looked down the lens,and said clearly that we will not be talked to like this and will not be dragged along for the ride,it would be the most popular thing he’s ever done. And it would be a moment of triumph that Trump has handed it to him on a plate.

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