Based on recent history the SNP would just agree to any deal with whoever asked to avoid any conflict and just put that down as a win.
The thing is, there’s no “deal” here because there were no negotiations; the US did a quick spreadsheet of trade deficits (not tariffs) and then rounded up to minimum 10%. It’s all unilateral.
I’m not sure there’s going to be much of a “deal” to anyone, unless it’s by Canadian style retaliatory tariffs.
This is a type of argument where it’s best to ignore it. Responding suggests there is legitimacy when it’s standard edgy uni student stuff. Anything to deflect from the 20% on the EU.
That’s what happens when there is no clout to throw around. Blame the Tories and Fuhrage, not Starmer.
Is there much room for manoeuvre with things like this? Trump won’t make concessions unless there’s something in it for him. How much economic weight does the UK have?
Remind me what tariffs has the EU got?
Reeeally?
Come on, Starmer’s boot licking has actually paid off here, the SNP weren’t going to get us below 10% and Trump wasn’t doing deals with major trading partners before he’d established his negotiating position, which he did last night.
State visit when Trump comes to inspect his new possessions will be something.
Not a fan of starmer at all but credit where it’s due he’s handled the America thing not too badly. Easy to sit on the sidelines flapping your gums when you’ve not got to actually put any of the work in.
This is really shite stuff from the SNP. There was no input from Starmer, these were unilateral moves from Trump.
This isn’t a good look for the SNP at all. There was no ‘deal’ to be had, so they are just a bag of hot air.
We should be coming together in the face of this current world situation not trying to score petty political points.
But if Scotland were an independent state within the EU, tarriffs would be at 20%
See they’ve wound up all the right folk
Everyone still took it up the arse from cheeto bento though, too busy squawking about the tariffs not how they are going to counter them, esp not our so called leaders.
A whole lot less American shit to be bought by uk consumers please and make them cry / fuck off to Maga land.
McDonald’s sucks arse anyway.
Yeah because this snp official is somebody that the USA would listen to. All together now – whiskey and salmon.
as if the SNP would get a better deal giving him and his dickhead son some more green to plough over for GOLF COURSES
Similar sentiments to the Lib Dem’s – though they name check Iran.
There wasn’t any deal though. It was just Trump being a total melt. You can’t seriously negotiate with someone like him.
UK elites response: “we must grovel even harder”
Wow! What an absolute zinger of a line that is. I wonder which bright spark came up with that? 😂
And the SNP would have got a better outcome out of Trump?
When the richest and most powerful nation in the world is ruled by someone who makes up policy using AI and crayon, they will pull stupid things out of the bag a lot. And unless you tell him he is a good boy every single day (considering the PM has a few other things to do I don’t think this will be that easy), you are unlikely to be treated favourably.
Was the source Emma Harper? Sounds like something she’d say.
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Based on recent history the SNP would just agree to any deal with whoever asked to avoid any conflict and just put that down as a win.
The thing is, there’s no “deal” here because there were no negotiations; the US did a quick spreadsheet of trade deficits (not tariffs) and then rounded up to minimum 10%. It’s all unilateral.
I’m not sure there’s going to be much of a “deal” to anyone, unless it’s by Canadian style retaliatory tariffs.
This is a type of argument where it’s best to ignore it. Responding suggests there is legitimacy when it’s standard edgy uni student stuff. Anything to deflect from the 20% on the EU.
That’s what happens when there is no clout to throw around. Blame the Tories and Fuhrage, not Starmer.
Is there much room for manoeuvre with things like this? Trump won’t make concessions unless there’s something in it for him. How much economic weight does the UK have?
Remind me what tariffs has the EU got?
Reeeally?
Come on, Starmer’s boot licking has actually paid off here, the SNP weren’t going to get us below 10% and Trump wasn’t doing deals with major trading partners before he’d established his negotiating position, which he did last night.
State visit when Trump comes to inspect his new possessions will be something.
Not a fan of starmer at all but credit where it’s due he’s handled the America thing not too badly. Easy to sit on the sidelines flapping your gums when you’ve not got to actually put any of the work in.
This is really shite stuff from the SNP. There was no input from Starmer, these were unilateral moves from Trump.
This isn’t a good look for the SNP at all. There was no ‘deal’ to be had, so they are just a bag of hot air.
We should be coming together in the face of this current world situation not trying to score petty political points.
But if Scotland were an independent state within the EU, tarriffs would be at 20%
See they’ve wound up all the right folk
Everyone still took it up the arse from cheeto bento though, too busy squawking about the tariffs not how they are going to counter them, esp not our so called leaders.
A whole lot less American shit to be bought by uk consumers please and make them cry / fuck off to Maga land.
McDonald’s sucks arse anyway.
Yeah because this snp official is somebody that the USA would listen to. All together now – whiskey and salmon.
as if the SNP would get a better deal giving him and his dickhead son some more green to plough over for GOLF COURSES
Similar sentiments to the Lib Dem’s – though they name check Iran.
There wasn’t any deal though. It was just Trump being a total melt. You can’t seriously negotiate with someone like him.
UK elites response: “we must grovel even harder”
Wow! What an absolute zinger of a line that is. I wonder which bright spark came up with that? 😂
And the SNP would have got a better outcome out of Trump?
When the richest and most powerful nation in the world is ruled by someone who makes up policy using AI and crayon, they will pull stupid things out of the bag a lot. And unless you tell him he is a good boy every single day (considering the PM has a few other things to do I don’t think this will be that easy), you are unlikely to be treated favourably.
Was the source Emma Harper? Sounds like something she’d say.
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