Donald Trump has hit out at Keir Starmer’s taxes on North Sea oil just hours after praising the prime minister when the two met at the US president’s Scottish golf course. Mr Trump said the resource is a “treasure chest for the United Kingdom” as he urged Starmer to ”incentivise the drillers”.

Sir Keir Starmer's decision to recognise a Palestinian state is a "reward for Hamas", Israel has claimed. Tel Aviv “rejects the statement by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom”, the country’s foreign ministry said.

President Trump praised British PM Keir Starmer for turning around migrant boats crossing the English Channel, calling it a "fantastic thing" in Scotland.

President Donald Trump said point-blank on Monday that London Mayor Sadiq Khan is a “nasty person” while sitting right next to United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Trump told reporters in Turnberry,

If Starmer genuinely had such a relationship with the EU, he would be able to point to a single benefit Britain receives for having handed over our fish, then our cash, agreeing to defend the continent against Russia and for now agreeing to take in French asylum claimants but return just one in every 17 who land here illegally.

Sir Keir Starmer has dismissed John Swinney’s latest plan to secure a second Scottish independence referendum as “the politics of yesteryear”. It came as US President Donald Trump said he did not want to get involved in the debate but suggested not enough time had passed since the last vote.

At left, Keir Starmer at a glass factory in Chester, England, Oct. 4, 2024; Kamala Harris in Aston, Pennsylvania, Oct. 23, 2024. (Bloomberg / Getty Images)