Lord Cameron and his team recognise Trump's hold over the rest of the Republican Party
The meeting could also backfire if the UK side doesn’t tread carefully , whose four-year stint ended in 2014 when Philip Hammond took over. Since then a series of seven different Conservative ministers have served an average of 1.4 years in post.
It is perhaps unsurprising then that the UK has found itself on the receiving end of criticism that it has stepped back at a time when many expected it to step up., who knew about the appointment days before and has admitted to briefing the incoming Foreign Secretary on his own views on global affairs before the announcement.
But whoever came up with it, it does suggest a shift towards a previous model, when foreign secretaries had time, political heft and the freedom to use it., despite fears inside the Tory party that it could reflect badly on Sunak’s own leadership.
It would allow Starmer to focus on the long list of domestic issues which would dominate his first few years in office, while ensuring a new Government was more than just a bit-part in discussions over the future of Ukraine, Israel and China.
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