Nigel Farage and UK populist right seek to use Trump win to build momentum | Nigel Farage

Nigel Farage will on Friday address his party’s first big rally since Donald Trump’s election win as Britain’s emboldened populist right seek to drive momentum and build on links with the US president-elect. In an offer that has been declined by Labour, the Reform UK leader has already suggested he could work “behind the scenes” … Read more

It’s OK to feel despair at Trump’s victory. The important thing is not to give in | Polly Toynbee

With wailing woe in the small hours, many of you shared that wrenching despair when the US election result extinguished hope. Beyond reason, beyond reckoning, a nation that was once the beacon of the democratic world has knowingly elected a dangerous, racist demagogue, a “pussy-grabbing” criminal who tried to overthrow the government, a wild conspiracy … Read more

If I were a cautious, centre-left prime minister, Trump’s victory would have me worried | Andy Beckett

Whatever determinedly positive things centre-left leaders around the world have said about Donald Trump’s victory in public, in private they must have greeted it with a shudder. Not just because of the dark and chaotic prospect of another Trump presidency, but because in many ways the defeated Kamala Harris is just like them. She is … Read more

Former Defence Secretary John Nott dies aged 92

When Sir John Nott walked out of a live TV interview Sir John Nott, who served as Conservative defence secretary during the Falklands War, has died aged 92. Following the Argentine invasion of the South Atlantic islands, Sir John twice offered to resign. Then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher refused to accept, and he stayed on until … Read more

Pat McFadden pushes back against Trump alarmism and says ‘fiery’ campaign claims might not happen – UK politics live | Politics

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature McFadden claims past anti-Trump comments by Labour MPs won’t interfer with UK-US special relationship At the weekend, in response to a story in the Independent about an allegation that Kemi Badenoch made a joke about rape in a social media post … Read more

No 10 believes it has done its homework for a Trump presidency | US elections 2024

While Kemi Badenoch was the first politician since the US presidential election result to publicly challenge Keir Starmer over Labour’s previously tense relationship with Donald Trump, she is unlikely to be the last. Yet the UK prime minister, according to government sources, is less anxious about the return of the divisive populist to the White … Read more

Hypocrisy, student politics and scoring cheap points: Kemi gets to work at PMQs | John Crace

Many had been indulging in mindless wishful thinking (step forward, Rory Stewart). But come Wednesday morning most people in the UK were coming to terms with a very different reality. One where the majority of American voters – for whatever reason, economic or ideological – had chosen the candidate who was a known sexual abuser … Read more

Starmer congratulates Trump and says ‘we stand shoulder to shoulder’ – UK politics live | Politics

Starmer congratulates Trump Good morning. Keir Starmer has just issued a statement congratulating Donald Trump on his election victory, which now appears all but certain. Starmer said: Congratulations President-elect Trump on your historic election victory. I look forward to working with you in the years ahead. As the closest of allies, we stand shoulder to … Read more

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy seeks to reset relations with Africa

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy is coming to the end of his maiden tour of Africa with the aim of resetting relations with the 54-nation continent. “Our new approach will deliver respectful partnerships that listen rather than tell, deliver long-term growth rather than short-term solutions and build a freer, safer, more prosperous continent,” he said … Read more