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UK will seek closer ties with EU in light of Iran war, Starmer says
BBC News ^ | April 1, 2026 | Becky Morton

Posted on 04/01/2026 1:09:31 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

The UK will pursue closer economic ties with the European Union in light of the war in Iran, Sir Keir Starmer has said.

The prime minister told a news conference he would use a summit with the EU later this year to seek more cooperation with the bloc on the economy and security.

It comes as relations between the US and the UK have been increasingly strained by the PM's refusal to be drawn further into the war with Iran.

In his speech, Sir Keir warned the conflict would impact the UK but sought to reassure the public the government was taking action to ease the cost of living.

The PM is facing calls from opposition parties to set out now how the government plans to protect people from rising energy costs.

The Conservatives and Reform UK are both calling for VAT to be taken off household energy bills, while arguing the hike in fuel duty scheduled for September should be cancelled.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: European Union; France; Germany; Iran; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: beckymorton; brexitdeniers; eurabia; europe; europeanunion; euroweenies; france; germany; globohomo; iran; keirstarmer; reformuk; returnthesausages; tories; twotierkeir; unitedkingdom; vat

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1 posted on 04/01/2026 1:09:31 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Sounds like Starmer wants to reverse Brexit. Maybe angling for his next gig by failing up?


2 posted on 04/01/2026 1:14:51 PM PDT by Tench_Coxe (The woke were surprised by the reaction to the Bud Light fiasco. May there be many more surprises)
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Translation: British voters don’t count, including their disdain for rapefugees. All that matters are the new Muslim invaders.


3 posted on 04/01/2026 1:16:01 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Tench_Coxe

“Sounds like Starmer wants to reverse Brexit. Maybe angling for his next gig by failing up?”
____________________________________________________________

Reversing Brexit would be Starmer’s greatest gift to his nation.


4 posted on 04/01/2026 1:17:13 PM PDT by Bob Wills is still the king
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To: MinorityRepublican

Never let a good crisis go to waste. That saying originated in the UK, if I recall correctly.


5 posted on 04/01/2026 1:19:23 PM PDT by rottweiller_inc (Lupus urbem intravit. Fulminis ictu vultures super turrem exanimat.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Make the UK Normandy again?


6 posted on 04/01/2026 1:20:22 PM PDT by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Guy gets it a@@ backwards— as befits a brit twit Labour Neo Socialist. Must have missed virtually everything in the Queen’s memo on Brexit— just something to brush by in his full hatred of British history and tradition.

A clueless yet pursposeful idiot— fronting for Islamofascists and in an earlier sense would have fit right in with the Mitfords and Moseley— who loved them German National Socialists. Terrible thing to see— now that nearly all WWII Brit vets have passed. Get him—— out! Gone.


7 posted on 04/01/2026 1:21:03 PM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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They can all not get oil together............


8 posted on 04/01/2026 1:24:20 PM PDT by SteelPSUGOP (UGHT)
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To: Tench_Coxe

I’d argue that the UK was never really allowed to Brexit.

And everything that their Deep State has done since has to ensure the public payed for voting for it.


9 posted on 04/01/2026 1:25:23 PM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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I’d agree with that. Maybe some day they’ll make their Deep State pay for it.


10 posted on 04/01/2026 1:28:55 PM PDT by Tench_Coxe (The woke were surprised by the reaction to the Bud Light fiasco. May there be many more surprises)
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he would use a summit with the EU later this year to seek more cooperation with the bloc on the economy and security

Starmer is setting up the UK’s final surrender to the EU and its NWO/WEF ultra wealthy elite overlords. Starmer is hanging out the English people to die and dry and they're just going to let him get away with it. Will King Charles bring his Islamic prayer rug with him when he comes to the US in a couple of months? President Trump should turn him away.

11 posted on 04/01/2026 1:31:19 PM PDT by drypowder
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“They can all not get oil together”

exactly ... the blind leading the lame ...


12 posted on 04/01/2026 1:32:31 PM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: Tell It Right
All that matters are the new Muslim invaders overlords

Adjusted for accuracy. UK is firmly in Stage 3 (OPEN WAR WITH LEADERSHIP & CULTURE) of the 4 phases of muslim conquest. The only difference is that Leadership has already surrendered to them so the war is with the culture.

https://nacagroup.org/four-stages-of-islamic-conquest/

13 posted on 04/01/2026 1:33:02 PM PDT by pepsi_junkie ("We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. F. B. I. is tending in that direction." - Harry S Truman)
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+1 Excellent point.


14 posted on 04/01/2026 1:40:19 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: MinorityRepublican

NATO should become EUTO pretty soon.


15 posted on 04/01/2026 1:54:31 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Bob Wills is still the king

Do you actually believe what you said?


16 posted on 04/01/2026 1:54:57 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Bob Wills is still the king

You need to change your name…Bob Wills would hate you!


17 posted on 04/01/2026 2:06:59 PM PDT by mosley
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To: Bob Wills is still the king

LOSER!!!


18 posted on 04/01/2026 2:08:11 PM PDT by mosley
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To: MinorityRepublican

That’ll work as long as they don’t let any dangerously out of specification bananas into the country.


19 posted on 04/01/2026 2:10:22 PM PDT by TalBlack (Their god is government. Prepare for a religious war.https://freerepublic.com/perl/post?id=4322961%2)
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So he is using this to get around BREXIT, and ignore the will of the people.


20 posted on 04/01/2026 2:22:15 PM PDT by packrat35 (“When discourse ends, violence begins.” – Charlie Kirk, and they killed him anyway)
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