Starmer rejects false choice between Trump’s US and EU in key speech

At lord mayor's banquet in London, British PM says national interest demands that we work with both'

Keir Starmer has utterly rejected" the idea that the UK must choose between the United States and Europe when Donald Trump comes to power, arguing that it is in the national interest to work with both.

The prime minister said the UK would never turn away" from its relationship with the US, despite the difficulties the new administration could pose, as it had been the cornerstone" of security and prosperity for over a century.