Of course it would be ridiculous to compare the UK’s current administration with the appalling ventures conducted by that currently lording over our poor American friends, but I’m not loving any moments where similarities feel evident.

It feels like Starmer’s government has recently copied a few of the vibes in making substantial cuts to aid programs - albeit not abolishing the whole idea that it should even exist - as well as expressing a desire to lay off a large number of staff working for the state.

Aid will be cut to 0.3% of the UK’s gross national income from the previous 0.5%, which it itself a recentish cut from 0.7%. This is the lowest value it has been for over 25 years, and contrary to the demands of the International Development Act 2016.

There could naturally be legitimate and good reasons for these UK policies - no-one should pretend Britain is in a particularly good place at the moment - but any echoing of Trump’s actions makes me even more suspicious than even usual. We have of course seen at least one British company trash their DEI type policies using the baseless excuse given by the horrific words of Trump et al.