Anyone who relishes the humiliation of Sir Keir Starmer – and I know that in this respect, if only this one, many Spectator readers will make common cause with the supporters of Jeremy Corbyn – was presented with a delicacy this weekend. Here was a humiliation so exquisite, so public and so unrecoverable-from, that you could use it instead of Vermouth to flavour a martini.
The British Prime Minister told the New York Times, with every semblance of earnestness, that he ‘likes and respects’ Donald Trump – and saw that interview blazoned internationally.
‘On a person-to-person basis, I think we have a good relationship,’ Starmer said
‘On a person-to-person basis, I think we have a good relationship,’ he told the paper. ‘I like and respect him. I understand what he’s trying to achieve.’ Sir Keir, I expect, cherishes his self-image as a truthful person. And there cannot be a human being alive – not even Donald Trump – who will believe that the PM either likes or respects the US president.
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