The countdown is on, with just days left until the result of the US presidential election is announced. With pollsters across the world undecided about the likely outcome, Sir Keir’s Starmer’s government is trying to hedge its bets. Health Secretary Wes Streeting has insisted on the airwaves today that ‘there will be a really good working relationship’ between the Labour lot and Donald Trump if the former president emerges victorious – despite hordes of Labour volunteers travelling stateside to canvas for Kamala.
But is there too much water under the bridge to repair relations? Reform leader and Trump ally Nigel Farage said last month it was ‘ludicrous’ for Starmer’s army to ‘get the relationship off to a bad start’ with Trump after the presidential hopeful accused Sir Keir’s party of ‘election interference’ over the volunteer palaver. And it’s not like the Starmtroopers have been all that complimentary about the Republican candidate in the past.

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