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Starmer says he won't 'choose between' the US or China (www.bbc.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by yeni@sh.itjust.works to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Those aren't the only options.

[–] frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Europe? I don't know her.

[–] Silinde@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Starmer isn't able to make a decision and wants to sit on the fence again? This isn't even news anymore, it's a baseline expectation.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Why does he have to choose one exactly

[–] Silinde@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Just would be nice if the most powerful person in the country could actually set out some sort of plan of action for once, rather than just wait around for someone else to do it.

[–] vpol@feddit.uk 9 points 2 weeks ago

It's not a zero sum game.

[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago

Translation: Popular adages equating China with low quality haven't been true in years (if not decades), everybody knows it, the real "problem" with China is their military/space programmes. As for the US, well, 51st state and all that. Sorry... Brexit was a mistake, the UK should have stayed with the EU. Now they have to kowtow to the US and they shouldn't have to.

[–] tenebrisnox@feddit.uk 4 points 2 weeks ago

I don't blame him. Choice of one stable and expanding authoritarian regime and one unstable and expanding authoritarian regime. Do the Chinese police hold nurses down in the street and shoot them?