It gets worse. Starmer's shortlist for US ambassador. Mandelson and George Osborne, Mr corruption and Mr Austerity. The voters can see it. In Gorton and Denton, it's between the Greens and Reform, and we will win. www.newstatesman.com/politics/lab...

KS isn't choosing some1 to help shape policy in UK.He's choosing some1 who's able to have an emollient affect & a good relationship wth a very damaging US President, who could bring our country to its knees both economically & in Defence in seconds if a UK Ambassador rubs him the wrong way. Grow up.

So, you're happy with the UK being some kind of faithful lapdog of the US? A lapdog trained using threat as an "incentive"? What kind of creature will result from that kind of "training".

Not a lapdog. If Trump starts inflicting his fascism on our sovereignty or waging a brutal war on our or Europe's soil, then no you don't appease. Currently we have Ambassadors all over the world dealing diplomatically with very unpleasant leaders, and trying to protect UK interests.