The return of Donald Trump to the White House is likely to strongly influence the course of British politics over the next four years. “In the short term, the UK will be concerned with deepening its relationships with key figures in the Trump presidential transition team to create channels of understanding and a degree of influence”estimates Richard Whitman, professor of politics and international relations at the University of Kent. Despite the history of its Foreign Minister, the Labor team seems to be off to a good start. On September 26, Prime Minister Keir Starmer and David Lammy had dinner with Donald Trump in his New York tower. An invitation obtained thanks to the undermining work carried out with the President-elect by the current British Ambassador to the United States, Karen Pierce.
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In an interview given last week to the BBC, the episodic columnist of Time even indicated that their host had not mentioned, “even vaguely”his comments from 2018. Better, this one had him “offered a second helping of chicken. He was very generous, very gracious, very keen to make sure we felt relaxed and comfortable in his surroundings. He was funny. He was warm towards of the United Kingdom. So much so that this dinner had made him reconsider his judgment on the “tyrant”. “There were things I didn’t know at the time. I met the man and, at the end of the day, diplomacy – actually, good manners – is all about building relationships with people. And I think he’s someone we can build a relationship with in our national interest, because we have to.”
Faced with the imminent imposition of significant customs duties on national exports to the United States, the government announced its desire to obtain an exemption from the new American strongman. “We will try to convey to the United States, and I think they would understand, that it is not in their medium- or long-term interest to harm their closest allies.”revealed David Lammy. Comments repeated by the Minister of Economy and Finance Rachel Reeves. The naivety of this idea nevertheless makes Richard Rose, professor of politics at the University of Strathclyde, smile: “A British government has no chance of securing a deal as long as it continues to refuse the importation of GMOs in American agricultural products.” An analysis confirmed by the former ambassador to Washington Kim Darroch: “Trump is not giving any favors!”
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Without an exemption, the national economy will be affected. The country exported 74 billion euros worth of goods in 2023 to the United States, or 16% of its total exports of goods, even if this represents half as much as its exports of services to the United States. The image of Labor leaders would suffer just as much.
This prospect already delights one man: Nigel Farage. Elected for the first time to the House of Commons during the July 4 election, with four colleagues from his Reform UK party, the former promoter of Brexit has never hidden his closeness to Donald J. Trump. He even went to several of his election rallies in recent months. This proximity pushed him to offer his services to the government to act as intermediary between London and Washington. An offer firmly rejected by Labor.
However, this is undoubtedly only the beginning of the rise of Reform UK. “The election of Donald Trump will strengthen populist anti-globalization sentiment in Europe and the United Kingdom”estimates Peter Trubowitz, professor of international relations at the London School of Economics. Enough to give wings to the far-right protest party, which initiated a major reorganization this fall to supplant the conservative party, the historic formation of the traditional right. Who himself appointed a new leader on November 2, Kemi Bandenoch, with Trumpian accents…
