‘Starmer always seems to be abroad’: where has the PM been travelling to?

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Posted on 11/17/2024 3:36:41 PM PST by MinorityRepublican

No sooner had Keir Starmer got the keys to No 10 than the new prime minister was out of the country at the Nato summit in Washington. When the prime minister returns from the G20 in Brazil this week, he will have been out of the country for 26 days – five working weeks in just under five months in office.

By the end of the month, Starmer will have taken at least 10 overseas trips, more than any Conservative PM in a similar timeframe. The regularity of the prime minister jetting out of the country has alarmed some in No 10.

Voters are starting to notice it too, according to Luke Tryl, of the polling firm More in Common, who said people in focus groups had started mentioning “Starmer always seems to be abroad”.

So where has the prime minister been travelling to?

Washington DC, 9-11 July Starmer had been prime minister for just five days when he flew to the US to attend the Nato summit, his first meeting with the US president . Plenty of world leaders, many facing electoral difficulties, were said to be keen to meet Starmer on the sidelines to discuss his tactics.

Berlin, 14 July Hardly an onerous trip for the new prime minister, the visit to Berlin was to watch England in the final of Euro 2024, though he was not a lucky charm for the team, who lost 2-1 to Spain.

Paris, 27 July Starmer attended the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, catching a flight over the Channel after arson attacks on the railways. He met Team GB athletes but held no bilateral meeting with President Emmanuel Macron.

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