One Labour MP said: “We should not be outsourcing foreign policy to Nigel Farage. That is absolutely insane. We know that on a huge number of issues there is such a wide disagreement.”
Nigel Farage attending a Donald Trump campaign rally in Pennsylvania earlier this month. The Reform UK is a friend of the Republican president-elect On Tuesday, Mandelson – who is considered the frontrunner to be the UK’s next ambassador to the US – said that the Government should
Arguing that the UK should “swallow pride” and mend relations with the Tesla and X boss, he said: “If I were the government here, I’d be asking the embassy in Washington DC to find out who other British friends are . . . bridge”. However, the MP was more sympathetic to rebuilding relations with Musk. The world’s richest man has repeatedly clashed with Starmer’s government, including when he
“Peter is someone with a very long history of wanting to be not just in the news, but the news,” they said. “I think the manoeuvres he’s on at the moment are clearly an extension of that.” Asked about Mandelson’s comments at a press conference at the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Starmer said he had “no comment” to make about “appointments”.
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