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Wednesday, November 6, 2024 |
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Labour's Trump charm offensive begins |
Downing Street has spent months preparing for a possible Trump win, knowing that the stark ideological differences between the two administrations could pose a challenge for the prime minister – but the work really begins today after Donald Trump swept to victory in the US overnight. Sir Keir – who issued a statement congratulating the president-elect in the early hours of Wednesday morning - is keen to build bridges, particularly after the Republican politician's campaign filed a legal complaint about Labour activists supporting Kamala Harris' campaign in the US. However, the Labour leader stopped short of inviting him to address parliament, after newly elected Tory leader Kemi Badenoch urged him to do so at her first PMQs as leader of the opposition. Meanwhile, there have been varied responses from the Labour Party today, with London mayor Sadiq Khan refusing to congratulate the Republican on his election win and Emily Thornberry declining to row back on her previous description of Trump as a "racist, sexist predator". |
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Which former US president, in his first attempt at the Oval office, had to step aside after plagiarising a speech from Neil Kinnock? |
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| The new Tory leader has hugged her enemy Jenrick uncomfortably close – cue drama, dissent and distraction, writes John Rentoul |
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| The need for the UK to rebuild post-Brexit links with the EU is now more important than ever after victory for 'dangerous' Trump, says Sir Ed |
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| David Lammy will remain in his post until the next election, Downing Street said just hours after Trump's victory was secured |
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What else you need to know today |
- Lee Anderson was forced to apologise to the Commons for bullying and harassment after a parliamentary watchdog found he twice swore at a security officer when his pass did not work
- Rachel Reeves has given her top official at the Treasury a vote of confidence amid a row over whether the cover-up of a £22 billion black hole in government finances broke the law
- Pundits who say the US is still not ready for a female president do Kamala Harris a disservice – but there is a definite reluctance to send a woman to the White House on the crest of a progressive wave, writes Mary Dejevsky
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Have Badenoch's new ministers got any hope of 'turning things around'? |
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As the Conservative shadow cabinet meets for the first time, Sean O'Grady asks whether a cohort assembled from the ruins of a badly defeated party can hope to achieve what its leader has suggested – putting the Tories back in power by the end of the decade. Read more |
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This week inside the Westminster bubble |
Our political commentator John Rentoul looks back at Westminster's three-day week |
The House of Commons takes a short break tomorrow and Friday, so this newsletter will be back on Monday. This week in Westminster has been dominated by the change of the guard on the opposition benches – and the possibility of a much bigger change in the United States. Kemi Badenoch, the new Conservative leader, announced some of her shadow cabinet appointments on Monday, including Laura Trott as shadow education secretary, in time for education questions in the Commons. She meant to announce the rest of her shadow cabinet before it met on Tuesday morning, but someone leaked Robert Jenrick's acceptance of the post of shadow justice secretary the night before. Her defeated opponent's insistence that Britain end its membership of the European Court of Human Rights suggests trouble ahead. |
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"We will continue to work as we have done in the four months in government on issues of security, the economy and global conflict" Sir Keir Starmer has dodged demands from Kemi Badenoch to invite to President Trump to address parliament on his next visit to the UK. |
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