As the United Kingdom’s economy teeters on the brink of stagnation and Keir Starmer’s Labour government struggles to engineer a recovery, some observers argue that strengthening ties with China could boost demand for UK exports and revive growth. This notion is utterly fanciful.
LONDON – The late Labour Party leader Harold Wilson, who served as the United Kingdom’s prime minister during much of the 1960s and 1970s, famously remarked that “a week is a long time in politics.” Nowadays, as current Prime Minister Keir Starmer can attest, political time moves even faster.
