"But speaking alongside Mark Carney and Anthony Albanese, the Canadian and Australian prime ministers, afterwards, Starmer said the world had to accept Trump's policies, such as tariffs, as a reality. You can have your own view on tariffs, and you make it more good, bad or different, he said. The fact is, they're here. President Trump believes in them, uses them, and we have to understand that. It's a profound belief that he has about the way he wants his economy to be reshaped."
"He added: But I do accept that it is now time for social democrats to confront directly some of the challenges and some of the lies, frankly, that have taken root in our societies. Because we don't just hear these stories about our politics, we also hear stories about our great countries, our communities, our cities, that simply do not match the reality that we see around us."
Progressive politicians must directly confront populist lies and counter an industrialised infrastructure of grievance. The idea of London as a decaying, dangerous city is contested and described as mismatched with local reality. Trump's tariff policies are treated as a present reality that must be understood and managed despite differing views. Recent election wins for centre-left figures are cited as evidence that progressive politics is not dying. Social democrats are urged to confront challenges and entrenched falsehoods that affect politics, countries, communities and cities. A new plan for mandatory ID cards was publicly addressed for the first time.
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