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Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 19 January 2026

Debate

Greenland: Proposed US Tariffs

Contribution

My Lords, I feel that it is obvious to everyone that the US President is an unserious person whose actions have very serious consequences. The threat from the US to not only a very close ally in the European Union but a NATO partner—and then punishing us for standing with it—is utterly reprehensible. As the Minister said, the PM has said that the actions are “completely wrong”, but the Government refuse to raise a formal complaint to the WTO, the rules of which these actions are trashing. The Prime Minister said that they are completely wrong because they are economic coercion, but has refused to put in place protective anti-coercion measures. What is the point of saying something is completely wrong when you do completely nothing as a result of it?

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