Starmer’s wife has been in hiding during this campaign, with Labour sources keen to keep her out of the spotlight. Starmer says the reason for her notable absence is “the kids”. Though ‘Lady Vic’ hasn’t shied away from political activity in the past…
In 2017, she was more than willing to parade herself and her daughter at The Women’s March ‘wake’ mourning the inauguration of Donald Trump. The movement stated on its website that the US election “proved a catalyst for a grassroots movement of women to assert the positive values that the politics of fear denies”. Despite Keir saying the family want to keep out of the public eye, it appears Victoria was more than happy to be pictured with her and the family, along with a family friend. The photo was published on the Ham & High news website at the time:
If the polls are anything to go by, it may be a little awkward for Victoria when she’s made to to stand next to Melania Trump in November…
Trump is found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records with regard to hush money payments to Stormy Daniels. Guido has a feeling this isn’t going to stump the Trump…
Sadiq Khan wasn’t mincing his words when asked by Politico what he made of Labour’s latest Trump charm offensive. Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy said in the US last week that Trump is often “misunderstood” in Europe and that there is “common ground” between them. Bit of a shift from when he called Trump “a racist KKK and Nazi sympathiser”…
Khan has stuck to the old line. He says in response:
“I’m quite clear, I understand on Trump – He’s a racist. He’s a sexist. He’s a homophobe. And it’s very important, particularly when you’ve got a special relationship, that you treat them as a best mate. If my best mate was a racist, or a sexist or a homophobe, I’d call him out and I’d explain to him why those views are wrong.”
A Labour foreign affairs spokesman puts the new Labour position bluntly:
“The US is the UK’s most essential ally. Labour is a realist party which will work with any US administration. This is an election year in the US as well as the UK which is why we’re building on our strong links on both sides of the aisle.”
Guido’s not sure how many other lefty Labour politicians will be eager to get stuck into the realpolitik…
It was a great party…
The dynamic duo that is Donald Trump and Nigel Farage got together for a GB News interview that aired last night. Along with the obligatory dig at China, the former President didn’t miss the opportunity to take a swipe at the ever-wrong mainstream media about his speech in Ohio on Saturday. The media spiralled into a frenzy over Trump’s comments there would be a “bloodbath” if he didn’t win. Never believe their spin…
Trump reiterated that he was in fact referring to an economic bloodbath in the car industry, this being a prime example of the left-wing mainstream US media creating false narratives. Guido’s inclined to agree…
Trump made a lot of promises last night as he delivered his victory speech after “Super Tuesday”. The third time running President-hopeful swept up all but one of the Republican vote in 16 states in the primary elections. His rival Nikki Haley is not so happy, though she’s still clutching at hope, refusing to drop out of the contest…
Meanwhile Biden won every state up for grabs for the Democrats, spelling another Trump Vs Biden election in November. Along with promises to “drill baby drill“, “get the inflation down” and make America “greater than ever before“, true to form, Trump made a victory speech filled with pledges to tackle immigration. Vowing to get rid of “Biden migrant crime“, “close our borders“, and “deport a lot of bad people“. With many city streets in the likes of New York and San Francisco being filled with crime, you can hardly blame Trump’s supporters for meeting his rallying cry with cheers and chants…
UPDATE: Nikki Haley is set to pull out of the race, according to the Wall Street Journal. She’ll be delivering a statement at 3pm UK time…
