Russia in Global Affairs

Starmer and Putin will speak sooner than we all expect. How soon is up to Starmer. It could depend on how much worse things get for his government. Rather than wait for doomsday, Starmer should recognise and use the spring in his jump on the world stage. It really would not hurt to give the Russian president a call. The alternative clearly has not achieved anything.

Labour is having a really bad time. Former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner recently resigned after a property tax scandal. Sir Keir Starmer has historically low approval ratings. Labour is also polling a distant second, and most of the UK is unsure what the party stands for. Scratch the surface a little and see that Labour is actually in a stronger position than the British media and most experts give it credit for.