▲ 150 ▼ ‘Stop appeasing Trump all the way to World War III,’ Starmer told (morningstaronline.co.uk) submitted 4 months ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk 14 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/33694 Starmer attempts to make up with the warmongering US president as tens of thousands protest against the bombing of Iran over the weekend From Morning Star via This RSS Feed.
[–] oce@jlai.lu 29 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children) It's hard to understand why UK would follow again after the debacle in Irak. I guess it's some realpolitik bullshit? At least Spain learned its lesson. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/world/middleeast/spain-denies-us-air-base.html permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] WalleyeWarrior@midwest.social 10 points 4 months ago (2 children) Because the government believes in the war. That's why they have made any criticism of Israel illegal. Starmer is literally just a return to Blairism which is why Labour is so unpopular now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] 20dogs@feddit.uk 2 points 4 months ago One of the most economically interventionist governments in decades. Hardly Blairism. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply) load more comments (2 replies)
[–] WalleyeWarrior@midwest.social 10 points 4 months ago (2 children) Because the government believes in the war. That's why they have made any criticism of Israel illegal. Starmer is literally just a return to Blairism which is why Labour is so unpopular now. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] 20dogs@feddit.uk 2 points 4 months ago One of the most economically interventionist governments in decades. Hardly Blairism. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply)
[–] 20dogs@feddit.uk 2 points 4 months ago One of the most economically interventionist governments in decades. Hardly Blairism. permalink fedilink source parent