Starmer should follow Carney and ensure our defence does not rely on the USA. This means (with Europe) manufacturing our own aircraft and drones But to give him his due he is off to China to improve our relations with that country.
This is far more rational than the nonsense spouted by the Tory leader who believes in USA propaganda that says Communism is evil. The reality is that ‘communism’ means commune, where everbody helps each other, as against the ‘every man for himself’ attitude.
That doesn’t stop China being a capitalist country. They allow their citizens to start and operate their own companies.
We must stop seeing China is a threat. Unlike the USA they have never bombed another country for no reason, Vietnam and Iraq being examples. Rather than waste money on wars, China spends money on infrastructure.
So we should take Carney’s pragmatic approach and if that is what Starmer is doing we should be conmend him.