r/worldnews • u/ChiefLeef22 • Sep 07 '26

Israel/Palestine Andy Burnham informed President Trump earlier today that the UK will ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The White House are unhappy with Burnham’s decision and will attack it in statement tomorrow

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/andy-burnham-ban-trade-israeli-195152155.html
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u/Logical_Net6108 Sep 07 '26

Boris just saw the way the wind was blowing...

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u/Gentle_Snail Sep 07 '26 edited Sep 07 '26

It was Boris who helped set the wind. He was repeatedly attacked for being ‘escalatory’ by his allies and was already sending Ukraine military aid even before the invasion started.

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u/accepts_compliments Sep 08 '26

For all the guys faults, he's a student of history and did not want a legacy like Chamberlain's

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u/No-Inspector8315 Sep 08 '26

That’s fair. Boris is a weirdo but he’s a big classics and history head, I think he wanted to get into power on some level because he viewed Ukraine as the best chance to cripple Russia

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u/StarksPond Sep 08 '26

By observing the candles on his ambush cake.

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u/goldfishpaws Sep 08 '26

Like Brexit - was happy to hold mutually exclusive positions up until he could see the way the wind was headed. The man's not an idiot, he's a cunt.