Number 10 is frantically fire-fighting the fallout after Trump accused Labour of election interference last night. Starmer’s crows that this won’t ruin his relationship with Trump is falling flat. His cabinet is full of Trump-bashing ministers, who’ve not shied away from voicing their hatred of the former President. Guido thought he’d do a timeline of Labour figures’ thoughts on the potential new President:
- 2016: Ed Miliband called Trump a “racist” and “misogynist”.
- 2017: Yvette Cooper joined a women’s march to “take a stand against Donald Trump”.
- 2017: Starmer’s wife Victoria was pictured at the same anti-Trump march, pictured with a “down with Trump” sign.
- 2017: David Lammy branded Trump “incompetent” and a “troll”.
- 2017: Wes Streeting wrote a Guardian article titled “Labour must not allow Trump’s ugly populism to blight the UK”.
- 2018: Lammy called Trump a “neo-Nazi-sympathising sociopath”.
- 2018: Miliband castigated Trump’s “racist attacks”, “his lies” and “his admiration for dictators”.
- 2019: Lammy said “Trump will be memorialised as a fragile, bigoted and cowardly disgrace”.
- 2019: Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan said Trump’s language is like that of “the fascists of the 20th century.”
- 2021: Lammy said “Good riddance Donald. The world is relieved to see the back of you”.
- 2021: Rayner said “the violence that Trump has unleashed is terrifying”.
- 2024: Khan said Trump is “a racist. He’s a sexist. He’s a homophobe.”
- 2024: Immigration minister Angela Eagle accused Donald Trump of fuelling “overt racism” in the UK.
This latest saga could be the final straw for Trump…
