Pete Howe @petehowe33.bsky.social · 16/05/2025I’m convinced it’s all too coincidental… Signing trade agreements with former colonies… Vitriolic language on immigration... All succour for right-wing UK media and Brexiters. And all just days before Starmer’s long-planned EU summit… 100
Pete Howe @petehowe33.bsky.social · 16/05/2025And yesterday, Starmer in Albania pretending he’s got plans to deport failed asylum seekers to third countries - again, trying to appeal to right-wing Brexiters. (Though Albania quickly denied such plans)… 100
Pete Howe @petehowe33.bsky.social · 16/05/2025All this times so close to his EU summit with von der Leyen this coming Monday…. It seems that Starmer only willing to take steps moving UK towards EU that will be announced on Monday (upsetting Brexiters) by flooding UK media agenda with other news designed to appeal to Brexiters. 000