Pippa Crerar
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“It’s impossible to get away from the fact that despite the cordial relations, there are some really thorny issues coming up,”
Pippa Crerar · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-23
Pippa Crerar said that despite cordial relations between Burnham and Trump, thorny issues were coming up.
“Our understanding is that Downing Street is sticking to the Chagos deal,”
Pippa Crerar · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-23
Pippa Crerar said Downing Street was sticking to the Chagos deal despite Trump's criticism.
“But he was seen by some inside the government as being too flattering and fawning,”
Pippa Crerar · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-23
Pippa Crerar said some inside the government viewed Starmer as too flattering and fawning toward Trump.
“It was an unusual show of reticence,”
Pippa Crerar · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-23
Pippa Crerar described Trump's deferral to Burnham on the settlements sanctions question as an unusual show of reticence.
“Starmer got quite a lot of criticism for being obsequious to Trump,”
Pippa Crerar · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-23
Pippa Crerar noted that Starmer received criticism for being obsequious to Trump.
“Burnham doesn’t want to take the Carney approach of all-out diplomatic war with the US, because the US is still our biggest security and economic ally,”
Pippa Crerar · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-23
Pippa Crerar said Burnham does not want all-out diplomatic war with the US because it remains Britain's biggest security and economic ally.
“But we live in a world of spheres of influence – the US, China, and the EU – and that means having to make decisions about which sphere we want to belong to, whether geographically, or ethically.”
Pippa Crerar · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-23
Pippa Crerar described a world of spheres of influence requiring Britain to make decisions about which sphere to belong to.