Ed Miliband defends Starmer’s ‘calm’ response to Trump as world leaders amp up rhetoric – UK politics live

‘Keir Starmer’s leadership is absolutely right on this and I think at this stage, it’s about de-escalation and finding a way through this tricky situation,’ the energy secretary saidGood morning. On Wednesdays, when it’s PMQs, the prime minister and the leader of the opposition are used to being the centre of attention at Westminster. But, with Donald Trump due to speak at Davos this afternoon – and European and other democratic leaders increasingly worried his Greenland imperialism ambitions will tear apart Nato – most MPs (and probably most Guardian readers too) will be more interested in what the US president has to say.Some opposition leaders, and some Labour MPs, would like Keir Starmer to be a bit more robust – more like Mark Carney, the Canadian PM, or Gavin Newsom, the Canadian governor, or Emmanuel Macron, the French president, or Gordon Brown, the former Labour PM, or even Bart De Wever, the Belgian PM.The bigger picture here is that the prime minister is, I think, navigating a really difficult international situation with great skill and in our national interest.I know some people will want to say, why hasn’t the prime minister been matching Donald Trump tweet-for-tweet, all of that. I honestly say to you, we would be in a much worse position as a country. Continue reading...