Peston: What Trump’s midterms humiliation augurs for Britain

ITV News · Robert Peston · 2026-11-04 10:04 UTC

The paralysis of the rest of the planet in the face of Trump’s unilateralism must surely be at an end, writes ITV News' Political Editor Robert Peston.

What will it mean for the UK and the world outside of America that Donald Trump is now surrounded and hemmed in by a Congress that opposes him and his major policies - and by world leaders who mostly feel the same?

More specifically, will it embolden Andy Burnham, the leaders of the EU, Canada, Japan and their allies to cooperate with the Democrats in the Senate and the House, to do what it takes to end Trump’s war against Iran?

To bring Putin to the negotiating table, to reduce prosperity-destroying tariffs, to contain the extreme risks of artificial intelligence and in general to temper Trump’s reckless adventurism?

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