"Keir Starmer, the actual, nonfictional UK prime minister, needs to channel the one played by Hugh Grant and stand up to an absurd US president now bullying the BBC with a $10bn lawsuit. Just imagine for one moment that Starmer decided to make Donald Trump's claim against the BBC the final straw for a special relationship that is increasingly special only in a bad way."
"But in their heart of hearts they must know that, here in the real world, the chances of Starmer calling Trump a bullying narcissist who uses lawsuits and threats at a time when the BBC is already under immense pressure and now facing a charter review and all to divert attention away from his own failings, is less likely to happen than Hugh Grant standing for office."
"So far, its instincts are sound: it says it will fight and in the first instance on a variety of legal and factual grounds will seek to have the case dismissed, before the portentous costs spiral. And that must be right, for anyone struggling with the appropriateness or otherwise of this should firstly remember that this is a US president suing a news organisation paid for by all British citizens, over mistakes made in a 12-"
Donald Trump has launched a $10bn lawsuit against the BBC, amounting to bullying of a British public broadcaster. Keir Starmer faces pressure from colleagues and rivals to confront the US president and re-evaluate the UK–US special relationship. The promised AI prosperity deal appears to be collapsing, undermining recent diplomatic overtures. The BBC plans to fight the claim and will initially seek dismissal on legal and factual grounds to prevent escalating costs. There is concern that Trump uses lawsuits and threats to distract from his own failings while the BBC undergoes charter review and remains under intense pressure.
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