Starmer's 2026 reset in chaos as Trump eyes Greenland
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4.1 • 709 Ratings
🗓️ 5 January 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Sir Keir Starmer is caught between a rock and a hard place.
Not wanting to upset Donald Trump by criticising his removal of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela, but also a Europhile at heart and a fan of international law and order, it’s made for a tricky start.
Add to this his ever-growing domestic problems, Starmer’s promise that he’ll be PM this time next year is looking fanciful.
Camilla and Tim are joined by John Bolton, Trump’s former national security adviser, to look at why the US deposed Maduro, the foreign policy aims of Trump 2.0 and whether he can legitimately make a claim for Greenland.
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:09.1 | Five days in and the Prime Minister's great New Year reset has already been plunged into total chaos. |
| 0:15.6 | He was out of the loop on Venezuela. |
| 0:17.7 | He's welcomed an anti-seemite into the country. |
| 0:20.6 | And although the PM says he's going |
| 0:22.2 | to keep his job, there are already plots to bring him down. We also speak to former national security |
| 0:28.9 | advisor to Donald Trump, John Bolton, about why the US president has taken on Venezuela and which |
| 0:34.6 | country may be next. Welcome to the Daily Tea with me, Camilla Tomini. |
| 0:38.5 | And me, Tim Stanley. |
| 0:39.3 | Happy New Year, Tim. |
| 0:52.7 | Very nice, very chilled. |
| 0:55.2 | Remained at home, did very little. |
| 0:57.9 | Was going to bake with filo pastry. |
| 1:00.4 | The filo pastry is still in the fridge. |
| 1:03.1 | It was all, I would say, very low on the blood pressure measure. |
| 1:08.6 | Apart from Christmas Day itself, where some food was produced by me and my sister-in-law, |
| 1:13.1 | as if by magic, frankly. |
| 1:14.4 | It all came together after we'd been in the pub for an hour, |
| 1:16.7 | which I thought was no mean feat. |
| 1:18.3 | The only time I've had some issues |
| 1:20.0 | that may have required a defibrillator |
| 1:22.2 | was taking my 17-year-old daughter out |
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