He said the US was most concerned about the UK, where he alleged freedom of speech was “in the crosshairs”. “In Washington, there is a new sheriff in town,” Vance said, stunning many.
Now there is fresh discord. The US has criticised a decision by the UK, Canada, Norway, Australia and New Zealand to sanction two hardline Israeli ministers -security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and finance minister Bezalel Smotrich – who have been propping up Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition cabinet since the October 7 attacks by Hamas.
JD Vance has called for more free speech in Europe (Photo: Getty)“We are steadfastly committed to the two-state solution which is the only way to guarantee security and dignity for Israelis and Palestinians and ensure long-term stability in the region.”
Israel’s attacks in Gaza have killed more than 50,000 Palestinians, which protesters allege the world’s leaders have permitted to proceed with merely the slightest condemnation.
The US’ decision to break with its allies – a move that led Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to say its previous relationship was “over” – appears to have forced several nations to act more independently, too.
Starmer said the tariffs marked “a new era in our relationship” with the US, while Trump has been marking a new era in nearly all of his. He humiliated Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office and made clear it was time for other countries to pay for its defence.
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There was a time when the US and UK were united on the Middle East, at least publicly. Tony Blair’s insistence of sticking as close to George W Bush in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks saw him send British troops to both Afghanistan and Iraq.
Lots of hyperbole gets written about the US-UK special relationship. Many British leaders have claimed the relationship is still there, sometimes to their peril. In truth it has always been an unequal arrangement, even dating back to the one between Winston Churchill and Franklin D Roosevelt.
But Starmer appears to be trying to play a clever hand. In the White House earlier this year, he defended the UK’s record on free speech and was able to ensure the UK was the first – and to date, only – country to sign a trade deal that saved it from the threatened tariffs, even if it was modest in scope.
And if Starmer has decided Britain must think even harder about its place in the world, he was no doubt motivated in part by Vance’s words.
That ought to be a good thing for the UK. And the rest of the world.
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