UK Politics

4573 readers

135 users here now

General Discussion for politics in the UK.
Please don't post to both !uk_politics@feddit.uk and !unitedkingdom@feddit.uk .
Pick the most appropriate, and put it there.

Posts should be related to UK-centric politics, and should be either a link to a reputable news source for news, or a text post on this community.

Opinion pieces are also allowed, provided they are not misleading/misrepresented/drivel, and have proper sources.

If you think "reputable news source" needs some definition, by all means start a meta thread. (These things should be publicly discussed)

Posts should be manually submitted, not by bot. Link titles should not be editorialised.

Disappointing comments will generally be left to fester in ratio, outright horrible comments will be removed.
Message the mods if you feel something really should be removed, or if a user seems to have a pattern of awful comments.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

tom@feddit.uk

GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk

flamingos@feddit.uk

frankPodmore@slrpnk.net

119

[Video] Keir Starmer refuses to say whether the US violated international law by abducting Maduro (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by IndustryStandard@lemmy.world to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

22 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Edit: Video reupload for those without loicense to view imgur videos. Original imgur upload here: https://i.imgur.com/OOkT7lo.mp4

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] HermitBee@feddit.uk 4 points 6 days ago

The pragmatic thing to do is keep quiet about the US while simultaneously quietly building a closer relationship with Europe so that in the future we're less affected by US bullshit, and that seems to be exactly what Starmer is doing.

The trouble is that if no-one does anything, the US will absolutely take Greenland. They are so dependent upon oil that anyone who keeps oil prices down will keep power. And as they've said, no-one will stand up to them militarily.

My bet is 14 June 2026, Trump's 80th birthday. Happy Birthday Mr President, we took Greenland for you.

So I'm not sure. I think the pragmatic/cynical (take your pick) thing to do may indeed be to appease Trump and let someone else deal with him. But if everyone takes that view then things could get much worse than retaliatory US tariffs.