Starmer enters parallel universe as red carpet rolled out in India amid trade deal

<p>UK PM greeted by thousands of posters of his face in Mumbai after clinching deal, despite torrid month back home</p><p>Prime ministers often experience absurdly parallel lives on the world stage and at home – feted among fellow leaders and pilloried domestically.</p><p>Never was that more obvious than during the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/08/starmer-insists-india-trade-deal-will-not-affect-uk-visas-as-he-heads-to-mumbai">prime minister’s trip to India this week</a>, after a torrid month in the UK, where he arrived to find the motorways and backstreets of Mumbai papered with pictures of his face.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/09/starmer-enters-parallel-universe-as-red-carpet-pulled-out-in-india-amid-trade-deal">Continue reading...</a>