Transcript: Tories reel from by-election blows

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : But the UK also needs to work very closely with the EU in a sort of European defence mission.
56% : If it is the case that Keir Starmer is elected later this year, as is quite possible, and if Trump is elected around the same time, what on earth would that mean?
52% : And whoever you speak to practically in Congress in the Republican party articulates this view because Donald Trump articulates this view and he's running the party.
47% : Fundamentally, there is a strong belief in the Republican party that Donald Trump is right when he says that it's time to move on from Ukraine, or when he implies that it's time to move on from Ukraine.
45% : Lucy FisherAnd what about the special relationship if Trump gets elected and indeed if Labour come into government in the UK?
42% : And so the idea which George reported on of effectively cutting public spending to fund tax cuts again sort of raises the point that Professor Curtice has raised about priorities and about the idea that, well, if you cut public services, which are a key issue for voters to fund tax cuts, does that actually cut through to voters?
40% : You know, a mixture that might mean you're going to have to increase yet more in terms of taxation and certainly to take unpopular measures.
40% : Now, Alec, you're responsible for overseeing the FT's scores of foreign correspondents across over more than 40 bureaus around the world and our coverage of global themes, so we're very lucky to catch you in London for once.
34% : I think that Trump is playing obviously a provocative and arguably deeply reckless game in suggesting that the whole policy of collective defence is open to debate.
31% : Well, I think one thing that everyone has to appreciate is that there are people around Trump or who want to be around Trump, conservative opinion makers, conservative columnists, conservative thinkers who are planning for a second term.
31% : I think that Donald Trump will try and peel off countries in Europe to have separate relationships with them, and Britain would be an obvious one for him to alight on.
31% : So the new government will obviously have to tread very, very carefully if it is the case that Donald Trump is elected and if it is the case that he pushes aggressively to withdraw from Nato.
27% : And how might Trump 2.0 differ from the first time around if he does get back in?Alec Russell
14% : And, of course, Donald Trump has been bad-mouthing Nato members who he says aren't stumping up enough cash for the organisation, and even making the somewhat insane suggestion that Russia should attack those Nato members that aren't supporting the 2 per cent GDP minimum spending on defence.

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