We need U.S.
THEY just can’t help themselves, can they?
Not content with snubbing America when it asked for our backing to stop the terrorists of Tehran from developing nuclear weapons, Labour seems determined to pick a fight with Donald Trump.
Such is their hatred of the President.
You don’t have to like him — or even agree with him — to recognise it is in Britain’s interests to maintain the special relationship and to support the superpower that we rely on for protection.
Especially when the Government is failing to spend what we need to defend ourselves.
But Sir Keir Starmer’s dithering over his support for the US — hamstrung by Cabinet puppet masters like Ed Miliband — is all about shoring up the left wing of his party, and Britain’s interests come a very poor second.
Why shouldn’t Trump point out on social media and elsewhere that Starmer “is no Churchill”; that America can do without Britain’s help at the moment; and that he will remember Starmer’s disloyalty. It’s all true.
So when Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper scoffs that Britain deals with “substance, not social media posts” it is pure petulance.
Her remark might have carried more weight if there was not an embarrassing lack of substance at the heart of our Government.
Pumping prices
WHILE the UK sits powerless on the sidelines, having ruled itself out of even the remotest influence on events in the Middle East, the British people will certainly feel the effects of the unfolding oil crisis.
Millions of us will see our energy bills soar by at least £160 a year from July due to the conflict.
Meanwhile, prices are already being hiked at the petrol pumps in a blow to motorists and to businesses who will be forced to up their own prices as a consequence.
There could not be a worse time to go ahead with a planned 5p per litre rise in fuel duty from later this year.
Both the Tories and Reform have called on Chancellor Rachel Reeves to scrap the idea.
Now let’s see how serious the Government really is about helping people with the cost of living.
Ban the march
WHY on earth would authorities let a pro-Iran march go ahead in London next week?
The annual Al Quds Day rally has previously featured extremist symbolism and support for banned terror groups.
In the current climate, it will surely be a magnet for the worst Jew-hating, violence-inciting yobs.
The Home Secretary is pledging to keep foreign extremists out of Britain. It would be ludicrous to allow those already here a platform.
Just ban it.
