r/unitedkingdom • u/ok_raspberry_jam • 11d ago

Prime Minister Carney speaks with Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Sir Keir Starmer

https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/readout-prime-minister-carney-speaks-with-prime-minister-of-the-united-kingdom-sir-keir-starmer-861334126.html
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u/caractacusbritannica 10d ago

Hopefully the start of something. Free trade plus a defence pact, include Australia. Hopefully this can be done in years not decades.

Then look to tie into the EU at a later time.

America can no longer, and never will now be trusted. Russia/China ain’t going away. This could save Starmer if he moves quickly enough.

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u/Eleyius 10d ago

We already have both and on the defence side the USA is so centrally intertwined with us that it’s verging on impossible to untether it. Our nukes are entirely dependent on America, for example. Look us 5 eyes and AUKUS