by Simon MacCulloch

“Starmer’s 11th-hour bid to halt trade war: … The UK is hoping that concessions on tariffs for meat…
will persuade Mr Trump to give reciprocal changes, meaning it would be easier to export meat to America…”
—The Telegraph

“Birmingham [UK]’s busiest rat man is catching rodents the size of a dog”
—The i Paper

Oh Donald, what else can we do?
We don’t want a trade war with you!
We seem to have lots
Of meat for our pots
And hope you’ll take some of it, too.