KEIR STARMER
Last year, Sir Keir compared the Conservative Party to Trump when he accused the Conservatives of moving away from Churchillian values.
Is there anyone in the Government who feels obligated towards something other than their own interest? To democracy, to the rule of law, to the service of our country? he asked in a speech in Buckinghamshire.
“A right to power totally free from any sense of service or responsibility: that is the cultural stain that runs through the modern Conservative Party.”
He added: “These are no longer Churchill’s Conservatives.” If anything, they are behaving more and more like Donald Trump. They look at US politics and want to bring it here.
‘Everything is awake, awake, awake. Wedge, wedge, wedge. Divide, divide, divide.’
In June, the prime minister said following Trump’s conviction in the hush money trial that it was an “unprecedented situation.”
“We will work with whoever is elected president… that is what you would expect,” Sir Keir said.
‘We have a special relationship with the US that transcends whoever the president is, but it is an unprecedented situation, there is no doubt about that.’
Ahead of this year’s US presidential election, Sir Keir said the Government would work with whoever is president.
SECRETARY OF FOREIGN RELATIONS DAVID LAMMY
In 2017, Lammy called Trump a “racist and a KKK/neo-Nazi sympathizer.”
A year later, the Tottenham MP wrote in Time magazine that he would protest against the “capitulation of the then government to this tyrant with a toupee”, in reference to Trump’s first official visit to the United Kingdom.
“Trump is not only a woman-hating, neo-Nazi-sympathizing sociopath,” Lammy wrote, “he is also a profound threat to the international order that has been the foundation of Western progress for so long.”
When asked about his previous comments earlier this year, Lammy said: “Where I can find common cause with Donald Trump, I will find common cause.”
He offered his congratulations to Trump on Wednesday morning, saying, “We look forward to working with you and @JDVance for years to come.”
VICE PRESIDENT ANGELA RAYNER
Rayner has publicly criticized Trump more than once in posts on X, formerly Twitter.
On the day of the Capitol riot in 2021, he tweeted: “The violence Donald Trump has unleashed is terrifying, and the Republicans who supported him have blood on their hands.”
Later in January of that year, Ms. Rayner said of Joe Biden’s inauguration as president: “I’m very happy to see Donald Trump’s back, but even more happy to see @KamalaHarris as vice president.”
HEALTH SECRETARY WES STREETING
In 2017, Streeting called Trump a “hateful, sad little man” in a post on X.
“Imagine being proud to have him as president,” he added.
Asked about the social media post on Tuesday, the Health Secretary told Good Morning Britain: “The Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary have been working hard to build a relationship with President Trump and his team, so, should he be elected as the next president of the United States, we will begin a strong working relationship that is in our national interest and also in the interests of the United States.
SECRETARY OF ENERGY ED MILIBAND
Miliband called Trump a “groper” and “racist” in November 2016.
“The idea that we have shared values with a racist, misogynist and self-confessed boorish person is incredible,” Miliband told the BBC.
‘And I think we should be deeply concerned about the implications for many of the things we care about. Address climate change: Says the Chinese invented it, climate change is a hoax. His attitude towards Russia.
And then this fantasy about trade. I mean, this guy is anti-trade. It’s a strange combination of protectionism, plus the old trickle-down formula that got us into much of this mess to begin with.
