Prime Minister issues warning as he gives emergency press conference over Greenland
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (Image: Getty)
Sir Keir Starmer warned the Greenland row risks pushing bills up for Britons. The Prime Minister gave a No10 press conference amid Donald Trump’s threats to slap tariffs on the UK and other European allies unless a deal is reached for the US to acquire Greenland.
Sir Keir said: “Let me say why all this matters so directly to people here at home. In today’s world, geopolitics is not something that happens somewhere else. It shapes the cost of energy, the price of food, the security of jobs, and the stability that families rely on to plan their lives.
“When war drives up fuel prices, it’s households who feel it first. When supply chains fracture, it’s small businesses and working people who absorb the shock. And when instability grows it’s rarely those with the most power who pay the price.
“That is why this Government’s approach is rooted in a simple belief that we must use every tool of Government, domestic and international, to fight for the interests of ordinary people.
“At home, that means active Government, it means taking responsibility for economic stability so that inflation is controlled, interest rates come down and family budgets are protected.
“It means stepping in where markets fail, strengthening resilience, and making sure global shocks do not always land on the same people, in the same places, the people least able to withstand them.”
It comes after the US President said he would charge the UK a 10% tariff “on any and all goods” sent to the US from February 1, increasing to 25% from June 1, until a deal is reached for Washington to purchase Greenland from Denmark.
Mr Trump said the same would apply to Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Finland.
The US President said Denmark had failed to heed warnings to protect Greenland from the threat of Russia.
