Let's Give Trident to Denmark
Starmer might start to do better in the polls if he arms Denmark with Trident. Trump seems to respond better to strength rather than weakness, and a deterrent if Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa [1] ever goes off the air could be established.
This might seem impractical. The UK needs a nuclear option and doesn't have much to give. But we don't need to hand over subs and train the Danish navy. Unlike the US there isn't a complicated nuclear football and authenticated launch sequence. We could just add the Danish prime minister to the chain of command. Some simple enabling legislation, and two envelopes in the safe instead of one. Only Mette Frederiksen would know the contents of the second envelope.
This is crazy, but it hasn't been a normal January and at some point the policy of appeasement has to end.
[1] I once listened to a Radio 4 Today Program interview with a Trident submarine commander. He said that every morning at 6am they came up to periscope depth and listened for the Today Program. If he couldn't find it then it was safe to assume that civilization had ended and he was free to unleash armageddon. The very next day the Today Program was off air due to strike, and I was briefly terrified. It turns out they check three times.
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