Zoë Grünewald

Yes, I think he's going to get a tummy ache if he eats all that.

And Bonjour presumably was his impression of Macron, right?

Yeah.

His best impression of Macron was just saying the French word for hello.

Yeah, I think it's very, very complicated.

I think there's a few things here.

There's firstly the question of what does Keir Starmer want to get out of this visit to China?

So I think ultimately, if he can come back with the least amount of drama possible, that in itself would be a win.

I think what he wants is some economic wins.

More sort of diplomatic normalization.

So this idea that the UK can communicate with China.

It doesn't have to be this big deal, which I think is, you know, that's pretty wishful thinking, considering there's a lot of hawkishness, which, you know, you could argue is pretty reasonable amongst UK MPs and the UK public.

There's also all the concerns over human rights violations in China.

Obviously, they still have Jimmy Lai, who is the Hong Kong British businessman who is still imprisoned in China.

And of course, there's also the question of the US.

He has to somehow walk this tightrope of trying to get closer to China for economic reasons without evoking the ire of the toddler in the White House.

You know, that is very, very difficult.

This is the big question, right?

Because I think it was always difficult to try and get closer to China, even without Donald Trump, who is this kind of episodic man who literally will do things on the flip of a coin.

He is so, you know, he's so just motivated by how he feels in that moment.