Keir Starmer still hasn’t spoken to Donald Trump since US forces captured Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela over the weekend. For all the excited talk about how well Starmer has handled his personal relationship with the US President, the Number 10 spokesman confirmed this morning he still hasn’t been able to place a phone call to the White House. Although Trump still found time to dial in to Fox News, and seemingly any other journalist who called the switchboard…
Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper did at least speak to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio last night, where she told him the UK “respects international law“. Starmer is expected to finally get his call in at some point tomorrow, after he jets off to Paris to meet the Coalition of the Willing. A foreign trip already in the books in the first week of the year…
Scottish Labour Leader Anas Sarwar said in his speech marking the launch of the Scottish Parliament election campaign:
“The UK Labour government has many meaningful achievements which they need to shout louder about, but it is also fair to say that they haven’t got everything right. And there are many challenges they still must confront. I get it. I don’t just see it. I feel it across Scotland. I know the Prime Minister and the UK Labour Government are not popular with the public right now. So, I am not running to be Scotland’s first minister in denial of that truth. I am running to be Scotland’s first minister in defiance of it.”