McFadden on Sky News this morning, responding to Trump’s claim that NATO faces a “very bad future” if allies don’t deploy warships to the Strait of Hormuz:
“Well, that’s the president right there. The quote that you’ve just given has summed him up. It’s a very transactional presidency, and our job is to navigate this, to always remember that the friendship between the United States and the United Kingdom runs very deep. It’s a good relationship, it’s enduring, and I think it will outlast all the personalities involved.”
Trump and Starmer spoke over the phone last night. The White House isn’t happy that the UK is sitting on its hands. Starmer is up at the lectern at 10:30am…
Lucy Powell on LBC, asked by Tom Swarbrick for her reaction to Labour MP Samantha Niblett’s call for a ‘summer of sex’ debate in Parliament: “I personally don’t own any sex toys, but each to their own… I’m not really sure that’s the right place for it, no.”