Peter Hutchison

TIRANA, ALBANIA – MAY 16:(L-R) Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission and Keir Starmer, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom greet each other, ahead of their bilateral meeting at the 6th European Political Community summit on May 16, 2025 at Skanderbeg Square in Tirana, Albania. The EPC brings together heads of state and government from the 27 European Union countries and 20 others. The items on today’s agenda are security and democratic resilience, competitiveness and economic security, and mobility challenges and youth empowerment. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

U.K. and EU set to reveal new deal—opening up a new chapter after Brexit after ‘late breakthrough’

By Peter Hutchison, Jerome Cartillier, and others

Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer (L) greets European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen outside of 10 Downing Street, in central London, on April 24, 2025, ahead of their meeting. (Photo by Niklas HALLE’N / AFP) (Photo by NIKLAS HALLE’N/AFP via Getty Images)

U.K. and EU squabble over defense partnership: ‘They want everything and they’re giving nothing’ says EU diplomat

By Max Delany, Peter Hutchison, and others

KYIV, UKRAINE – JANUARY 16: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (R) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pose ahead of their bilateral talks in front of Mariinskyi Palace on January 16, 2025 in Kyiv, Ukraine. The British Prime Minister’s visit to Ukraine comes at a pivotal moment for Ukraine’s allies in the conflict against Russia, ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday. Trump had made campaign promises to end the war on Day One of his term, but has since walked back his ambitious timeline. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

‘We are never going to be the big world power that we once were’ but Keir Starmer’s diplomacy gives Britain hope, as PM steps up to unite Europe and U.S. on Ukraine

By Peter Hutchison and AFP

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk (C) looks on during a ceremony to mark the re-opening of the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on December 7, 2024. Around 50 heads of state and government are expected in the French capital to attend the ceremony marking the rebuilding of the Gothic masterpiece five years after the 2019 fire which ravaged the world heritage landmark and toppled its spire. Some 250 companies and hundreds of experts were part of the five-year restoration project at a cost of hundreds of millions of euros. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by LUDOVIC MARIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

European leaders in France, Norway and Germany hit back against Elon Musk in UK political meddling row

By Peter Hutchison and AFP

LONDON, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 21: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer visits a NHS Healthcare Facility in East London on October 21, 2024 in London, England. Sir Keir Starmer and Health Secretary Wes Streeting visit a NHS site this morning to mark the launch of the Government’s consultation on the future of the health service. (Photo by Jaimi Joy – WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Keir Starmer hopes U.S. special relationship will ‘prosper’, but Britain has many reasons to fear a Trump comeback

By Peter Hutchison and AFP