Sir Keir Starmer’s plan to forge deeper UK relations with the EU has won an oblique endorsement from US President Joe Biden, who told him Britain was “the knot tying the transatlantic alliance together” when it was closer with Europe.
In remarks in front of reporters at the top of their meeting on Wednesday, Biden called the US and UK the “best of allies”, before appearing to back Starmer’s plans for a wide and deep defence and security pact between the UK and Europe.
“I kind of see you guys as the knot tying the transatlantic alliance together, the closer you are with Europe. We know where you are, you know where we are,” Biden said. Starmer replied: “Well, I think that’s absolutely right.”
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