8 May 2025, 18:08

By Seema Syeda

Keir Starmer has sold out the British public with this US-UK deal, agreed with no democratic scrutiny or accountability on its terms by the British parliament or civil society.

As I write, few details on the specifics of the agreement are available to the public, except for the titbits we have gleaned from Trump’s rambling press conference and Starmer’s evasive statements.

What is clear is that the UK remains in a worse position than we were in January, with 10% tariffs remaining on the car manufacturing sector, and huge swathes of the British economy seemingly on the table — from pharmaceuticals to agriculture – to be carved up for American markets.

While this thin deal does not........

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