With Trump back in office, Starmer is missing the opportunity of a lifetime by realigning with the EU, says Jacob Rees-Mogg

There is no better the country than the US from whom to learn, from whom we ought to derive inspiration, and to whom we ought to align ourselves to achieve its higher rates of growth and boosterism.

The United States has been energy independent for years because of Trump's fracking policies. On average, American consumers pay less than half of what we pay in the UK per kilowatt hour of electricity.

The US has put the European Union to shame in terms of growth. About 15 years ago, the size of the European economy was 10 per cent larger than that of the US. But by 2022 it was 23 per cent smaller. The GDP of the European Union, including the UK before Brexit, has grown in this period by 21 per cent, measured in dollars, compared to 72 per cent for the United States. Under Trump's auspices, this will only get better.

Meanwhile, Europe is failing. Not only do we see sluggish economic growth, high cost of energy and overregulation on the continent, but its biggest players are failing politically too.

Meanwhile, Europe is failing. Not only do we see sluggish economic growth, high cost of energy and overregulation on the continent, but its biggest players are failing politically too.

As we saw earlier this year, France faced a political crisis which forced all of the establishment to rally together to stop marine Le Pen's party from electing a prime minister the other day, the Spanish Prime minister used the King of Spain as a human shield to protect himself from the citizens of Spain, who were throwing mud at him in the aftermath of his incompetent handling of the floods.

Most importantly, Germany's government. Germany, the engine of European growth historically has collapsed, with early elections called for March next year. The outcome could easily result in a coalition between the Christian Democrats and Social Democrats, which means that however you vote, you get the same. And that's what voters have just shown in America.

They're so fed up with they don't want this global elite running them. It would be comparable in the UK to a Tory Labour coalition. The point is that the European Union and its big players, like France and Germany, represent the global elite, and they are in a state of stagnation and at best, managed decline.

All signs point to our closer alignment with the US. And yet today we see the Prime Minister, the Reverend Starmer, continuing his charm offensive in Europe with the latest leg of his reset of relations with the EU. In Hungary, as ever, under the guise of smashing the gangs and closer intelligence cooperation.

It's a move that tells us everything we need to know about the direction of this country.

Under this Labour government, we are destined to a miserable fate of low growth, high tax, extortionate energy prices and debilitating regulation and bureaucracy.

With Trump back in office by realigning with the EU, Starmer is missing the opportunity of a lifetime, of a generation.