OPINION - The Standard View: Keir Starmer does not need defence review to act

The Prime Minister is at a unique advantage at the Nato summit in Washington and in meeting the US president: he has the goodwill that goes with being new to the job, he has a robust mandate, he has no record to hold against him and, unlike Joe Biden, he can claim to represent the future — at least for five years. It is all the more important to strike a confident note at the outset on defence and in support for the Nato alliance.