In Britain, Starmer must also factor in his own voters’ dislike of the American-Israeli assault on Iran, (59% against and 25% for, according to YouGov), and their long-standing antipathy toward Trump himself, whose net favorability in the United Kingdom is currently at minus 65.
The British prime minister is only marginally less disliked by Britons, with his net favorability of minus 48 one of the worst since YouGov started tracking this metric in the 1970s.
As a serious former human rights lawyer and public prosecutor, Starmer could not be further from Trump’s style and substance. He nonetheless made an unashamed effort to woo Trump during a visit to Washington in February last year, even producing the flourish of a signed state-visit invite from King Charles III.
Some Britons criticized what they saw as the spectacle of Starmer overtly pandering to Trump’s ego.
“Starmer’s approach to Trump has followed a familiar script in British politics:
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