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Podcast: Pod Save the UK
Episode: Keir Starmer - the unlikely leader of the free world?
Description: A shouting match in the Oval Office probably should have been on everyoneâs Trump 25 bingo card - but the extraordinary breakdown in relations between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy shocked the world. Keir Starmer rolled up his sleeves and spent the weekend in full-blown diplomacy mode - leading to Politico calling him the âunlikely leader of the free worldâ. But with Trump pulling the plug on military aid to Ukraine, leaving the UK and Europe scrambling to increase defence spending - will Starmerâs peace plan work? And what does it all mean for the future of the wa...