Realistically perhaps Britain just needs partners, with the US of course being a major partner (Five Eyes for example).

If we weren't so closely tied to the US then maybe Starmer could be making a statement similar to that of Macron and Scholz today:

Germany, France vow close cooperation after US election... "We will work in this new context for a more united, stronger, more sovereign Europe..."

Trump holds grudges so maybe he would insist on only meeting Starmer and not Lammy. Who knows.

Finest political mind of the last century.

Maybe something that hurt Kamala was her use of top music stars... maybe average Americans feel those celebrities are out of touch with average people. I saw this on BBC News:

a Republican at one Trump rally... said their candidate had completely "reimagined" the Republican party from its country club voter stereotype to appealing to working class families, while the Democrats had become the "party of Hollywood"