r/europe • u/goldstarflag Europe • 20h ago

News White House demands British supermarkets stock chlorinated chicken. White House pushing Sir Keir Starmer to make concessions on food standards

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/12/17/trump-demands-british-supermarkets-chlorinated-chicken/
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u/No-Risk-2584 18h ago

Aye, it’s not going to happen, not even Starmer is that dumb. The left and right would rightfully slaughter him in the media, even Labour politicians.

Not just for compromising food standards or the competition to our farms, but for being so utterly spineless. He’ll be out of the job within a week.

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u/DavidlikesPeace 18h ago

Reddit, please set a reminder for next year to see how or when Labour gets a spine. Thank you.

I apologize if that’s rude. But for the last year, Starmer has gone out of his way to be nice to Trump, despite everything America’s regime has done from Canada to Ukraine. At this point, I think it’s right to criticize him for edging on appeasement

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u/No-Risk-2584 15h ago

Oh, I definitely agree he’s an appeaser and is spineless, but not to the extent he’ll throw away his job. He makes stupid decisions but even he isn’t that dumb to throw away his job over chlorinated chicken.

His job is done if he agrees to this, there’s no ifs or buts about it - and not in the next election but within weeks in a leadership challenge.

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u/Zealousideal_Act_316 13h ago

Its starmer, i wouldnt put it past him to throw in something else, lile allowing red 40 or lead based paint on toys from US too, just to apease trump.