PM managed to successfully balance foreign and domestic political considerations during his three days in Canada
There was one defining image from Keir Starmer’s intense diplomatic shift at the G7 summit in Canada: him bending at Donald Trump’s waist level to collect spilled pages of a UK-US trade deal. Defining, perhaps. But definitely partial.
Arguably more significant was a slightly more prosaic snap slipped out on the Downing Street Flickr feed a day before, showing Starmer engrossed in a chat with four other world leaders, Emmanuel Macron, Mark Carney, Giorgia Meloni and Friedrich Merz.
PM managed to successfully balance foreign and domestic political considerations during his three days in CanadaUK politics live – latest updatesThere was one defining image from Keir Starmer’s intense diplomatic shift at the G7 summit in Canada: him bending at Donald Trump’s waist level to collect spilled pages of a UK-US trade deal. Defining, perhaps. But definitely partial.Arguably more significant was a slightly more prosaic snap slipped out on the Downing Street Flickr feed a day before, showing Starmer engrossed in a chat with four other world leaders, Emmanuel Macron, Mark Carney, Giorgia Meloni and Friedrich Merz. Continue reading… G7, Keir Starmer, Canada, UK news, Donald Trump, Mark Carney, Friedrich Merz, Giorgia Meloni Business | The Guardian