Several high profile Labour politicians have been critical of Trump – but now the party is in power, MPs will be forced to tone down their views
Labour MPs will bite their tongues to preserve close ties between the US and US and avoid angering Donald Trump.Several high profile Labour politicians have been critical of Trump in the past – but now the party is in power, its MPs will be forced to tone down their views.
“I am not aware anything has been circulated but that is not to say it hasn’t happened privately,” the source said. “But I think there’s an element of judgement.” “The difference this time is that it’s happened before, right? So I certainly didn’t feel the shock that I felt last time, even though I thought she would edge it.“But there’s going to be a lot of biting tongues and trying to parse what is a full outrage versus what is genuinely a policy change or a disagreement.”
He said the “shared value and interests are more important than some tweet from many years ago”, adding: “I think a lot of things that have been said over the years, but not just here in the UK, including in the US.” Chancellor Rachel Reeves said on Thursday that Lammy, Starmer and Trump had enjoyed “a really good meeting” in New York during a recent trip to the UN General Assembly.
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