Britain would be in a “much worse” position if Keir Starmer had done what others were calling on him to do by matching Donald Trump “tweet-for-tweet”, a UK cabinet minister has said. “I know some people will want to say: ‘Why hasn’t the prime minister been matching Donald Trump tweet-for-tweet?’ All of that. While Britain has adopted a cautious early approach to the Greenland crisis, other states have begun to adopt a different stance. Starmer’s government also faced calls from opposition figures to hit back at Trump after new data showed that UK inflation rose to to 3.4% in December. That’s one more reason why the government must stand up to Trump, force him to back down, and protect Britain from a new wave of price rises.”

Source: The Guardian January 21, 2026 13:32 UTC