In the face of Trump’s mayhem, Europe is the direction to which the UK must turn – and Keir Starmer knows it | Tom Baldwin

The PM will not antagonise the unpredictable president, but it is clear to No 10 that Trump is the problem and the solution lies elsewhere

• Tom Baldwin is the author of Keir Starmer: The Biography

Keir Starmer was back at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday to watch Arsenal's 3-0 win over Real Madrid, a result that far exceeded expectations of his team's chances in Europe. And, over the next few days, I wouldn't be surprised if he tries to snatch a short Easter break in the warmth and sunshine of that same continent.

Football and family holidays offer him some much needed relief from the grim reality of a faltering economy, towering public debt and terrifying global insecurity, which are all being made worse on a daily - sometimes hourly - basis by Britain's closest ally of the previous 80 years.