It’s time for Keir Starmer to make his move. Britain’s prime minister has spent months carefully crafting a chummy relationship with Donald Trump. He has showered the US president with flattery since even before his November election win;

Keir Starmer ’s crucial meeting with Donald Trump appeared to get off to a positive start on Thursday afternoon in Washington, as the British prime minister handed the US president a letter from King Charles inviting him for an unprecedented second full state visit to the UK.