Keir Starmer must make a decision. When he appoints Britain’s next ambassador to Washington, what’s his key ask of Donald Trump ?

Following Friday’s GDP figures, which revealed a fourth month of UK economic stagnation , does the Prime Minister prioritise the financial and trade relationship with the US?

Or does he instead put focus on foreign affairs and slot in a foreign policy expert to persuade a US administration tiring of Ukraine that the country should remain top of its to-do list? Or to reassure the administration that Britain is not suffering – as America’s new National Security Strategy would have it – of “civilisational erasure” from excessive migration ?

Starmer will be focused on getting that balance right next week when choosing who replaces Lord Mandelson as Brita

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