Keir Starmer chats to Joe Biden on Air Force One after election win

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00:00This is the White House Situation Room,

00:02getting to connect Prime Minister Starmer to President Biden.

00:05You are now connected to Air Force One.

00:07OK, thank you.

00:08Mr. President, welcome to the Cabinet.

00:11Mr. Prime Minister, congratulations.

00:13What a hell of a victory. Congratulations.

00:16Thank you, Mr. President.

00:17It's been a long night and day.

00:20I've been busy appointing my Cabinet

00:23during the course of this afternoon.

00:25So thank you very much for your congratulations.

00:28And fortuitously, we will see each other next week.

00:31I'm very much looking forward to seeing you in Washington

00:34and having the opportunity, obviously, to sit down properly.

00:38I'm looking forward to it as well.

00:39There's no doubt that under your leadership,

00:42our two countries are going to continue our special relationship.

00:44We're working together just about every issue,

00:47supporting Ukraine, managing the competition with China

00:50and advancing cooperation in the Indo-Pacific with Aukus.

00:54Firstly, the special relationship is obviously the bedrock,

00:56always has been, for our defence, for our security and prosperity,

01:02which obviously is central to our missions for government.