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Trump Remains Dismissive of Burnham Premiership Over Immigration and North Sea Oil Policies
International partners assess whether Burnham will maintain Starmer-era positions on defense spending, trade deals, and Russia policy as the UK's fifth prime minister since 2022.
Summary
So far, Donald Trump has been fairly dismissive when it comes to Burnham. He seems unconvinced that a Burnham premiership will address his two biggest criticisms of Starmer's government: its policies on immigration and drilling in the North Sea oil field. US administration officials, for instance, view the possibility of Ed Miliband being named chancellor of the exchequer as evidence that British environmental policy will remain unchanged, given his ban on new North Sea oil and gas drilling licences as energy secretary.
London, 13 Jul. (Adnkronos) - Andy Burnham is ready for Downing Street, destined to happen to outgoing premier Keir Starmer leading Labour and the British government. But what do the great leaders think of him, from the American president Donald Trump to the leader of the Kremlin Vladimir Putin, from the Chinese president Xi Jinping to the Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelensky passing through the leadership of the European Union? To this question tries t…