david lammy. the association _ important role. david lammy. the association of _ important role.of optometrists says one in four people are concerned about someone they know driving with poor vision and they are calling for a change in the law which dates to 1937. our correspondence will vernon has more. he is the kingpin of our family — somebody you can always go to for advice. he was the biggest champion of my two children at every football match, netball match. one of life's genuinely lovely people. he's a really, really nice gentleman. emma is coming to terms with spending another christmas without her dad. jim was a fit 70—year—old who loved to cycle. but three and a half years ago, emma's dad was knocked off his bike. the injuries that dad had had to his brain were catastrophic. he never reacted to our voices, to anything that the consultants and the doctors were trying to do, and his life support was switched off five days later. and unfortunately, he passed away. the 82—year—old man who hit emma's dad had poor vision and was unable to clearly see more than three metres in

let's look at david lammy. let's start with david lammy. first up, shall we?basically congratulating real donald trump on his victory. basically congratulating real donald trump on his victory . the donald trump on his victory. the uk has no greater friend than the us with a special relationship being cherished, he says. relationship being cherished, he says . it goes on relationship being cherished, he says. it goes on ed relationship being cherished, he says . it goes on ed davey saying says. it goes on ed davey saying it's a dark , dark day for people it's a dark, dark day for people around the globe. the world's largest economy and most powerful military will be led by a dangerous, destructive demagogue , rory stewart. of demagogue, rory stewart. of course, he categorically got it all wrong, but he says he's heartbroken. basically , that heartbroken. basically, that donald trump is president. the alarming thing very different responses between lammy and davie, by the way, because lammy is doing what i think he should be doing, to be fair to him, which is r

it was not david lammy. sorry . it was not david lammy. sorry.rump a racist kkk and nazi sympathiser. we did also ask itv for comment on rob schneider's claims. they did not respond and you might have heard an individual mention they're called mehdi hassan, who is not here to defend himself. but if he was, i imagine what he would say is that rob had not quoted him directly. and in the many years that have gone since, he may or may not have said some of those things. he's accused of, he has subsequently changed his views and apologised. right. coming up, tonight's panel returned to whizz through the very first newspaper front pages hot off the press but big serious story coming your way. charlie peters, our roving reporter , is going to be with reporter, is going to be with us. he's going to join me live in the studio to expose a sick grooming who have been record breaking prison sentences in welcome back. now, very shortly, we're going to be hearing from our reporter, charlie peters, as a grooming gang. got record sentences today. but before that

that was david lammy _ region, it needs to stop.y at - region, it needs to stop. that was david lammy at the - region, it needs to stop. that was david lammy at the un security council, in ten minutes we will get the latest funding the news that a convoy had been ambushed with 97 aid trucks going missing. also keeping an eye on a line from reuters that says israel has largely strike on central beirut. you are watching bbc news. —— launched a new strike. the last surviving military veterans of the uk s nuclear bomb tests of the 1950s and 60s are appealing to the prime minister to meet them as part of their campaign for more recognition of what they say is the serious damage to their health. the men, who are planning legal action, say recently disclosed documents add weight to their suspicions of a decades—long cover—up — something successive governments have denied. alison freeman reports. there was about 2,000 of us. they were all kids. a couple of friends of mine who were wetting themselves. 25. boom! the crescendo. the unimaginabl

david lammy will leave the podium shortly.king you to that through the course of the next hour. mikey kay with me in the studio. the u.k. doubling down despite rhetoric that we are getting from washington. i'm purposely talking about the escalation they have seen from the russians, which i guess is point to, for what, taking a singular decision to the one joe biden is taking? mikey: yeah. what sec. david lammy did not talk about is the right of sovereignty and the right to independence, and that is what es devlin down on, facing any future support by the u.k. on. you asked a question at the beginning about, why now? kursk is one region we also saw the largest attack by -- one of the largest attacks by who's in on ukraine. a lot of that was taken out. if those threats come from the black sea region, for example, the attacking would be a critical asset to taking some of those out. what can we do to support ukraine? they have been supporting ukraine with the missiles. storm shadow putin, this is a 4 british jet, a missile, which

david lammy hasjust stood behind the podium in the last few seconds.en im— last few seconds. let's have a listen in-_ last few seconds. let's have a listen in. ., ., ., ., ':: :: :: listen in. tomorrow marks 1000 da s of listen in. tomorrow marks 1000 days of putin's _ listen in. tomorrow marks 1000 days of putin's barbaric- days of putin's barbaric full—scale invasion of ukraine. 0ver full—scale invasion of ukraine. over the weekend, we saw the latest brutality with the biggest aerial attack on ukraine since august, killing and injuring dozens of civilians. it was designed not only to kill ukrainians but to take o

david lammy, i'm told, has met jd david lammy, i'm told, has met jd vance, the incoming vice presidentat was said several years ago or not said. it will be about whether we can use the connections that we have made to find common ground on policy choices, where we won't always see i do i. choices, where we won't always see i do l— choices, where we won't always see i do i— see i do i. just take us through _ see i do i. just take us through the _ see i do i. just take us through the role - see i do i. just take us through the role of. see i do i. just take us| through the role of the national security advisor and what he would be expected to do within the uk government. weill. within the uk government. well, he willt within the uk government. well, he will try to _ within the uk government. well, he will try to bring _ within the uk government. well, he will try to bring together - he will try to bring together the different departments in whitehall around the big issues that ministers are facing, the country is facing, so that the prime minister has a clear view about what the challeng

you know, david lammy is simultaneously, it seems to me, an authentic atla nticist.s america. he studied in america. he's lived in america. he's talked about how, you know, his dad is buried in texas. so he talks about how he's been to america more times than he's been to france. and yet at the same time, there was this lorry load of disobliging quotes. and then you've got in keir starmer and donald trump, notjust politically but in character terms, two people who could not be more different. but then back to our point. does that guarantee anything about whether they get on really well or don't get on very well? we don't know. and they might get on very well for a few months and then spectacularly not. now, in terms of elections that millions of people are watching and the entire world hinges on, how is kemi badenoch doing in herfirst week as tory leader? yes, all politics is local. let's talk about this island in northern europe and the politics of the politics of the uk. it's interesting, isn't it? in a parallel universe, ie a week in which the american election ha

and they're even poking a little bit of fun at david lammy, who? lammy, he's his infamous tweet deluded, dishonest , xenophobic, dishonest, xenophobic, narcissistic. donald trump is no friend of britain. and now that he's won, congratulations. real donald trump on your victory. yeah, the uk has no greater friend than the us and stuff like that. you know, it's like that guy that you used to bully at work and then one day he becomes the manager , to be fair becomes the manager, to be fair to david lammy, and i think that's the first time that sentence has been said on this channel for a while. >> jd vance called trump a nazi a little while ago and has swapped his opinion on it. so are we allowed to change minds or not? you got to got to pick a side on that one. >> i suppose a job with a fat paycheque would change your opinion. >> yeah, hell of a sweetener. okay, that's the front pages looked at. join us after the break for a look at kemi's first can's take on trump's victory and what it may welcome back to headliners. i'm cressida wet and still joine

old news." —— british foreign secretary david lammy.rods�* managing director has given a personal apology following the sexual abuse allegations against the department store's former owner, mohamed al fayed. hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan. welcome back. let's have more now on donald trump's presidential election victory — and focus on how his return to the white house might affect international diplomatic relations. starting in the uk, where in his first interview since the us vote, the foreign secretary, david lammy, has told the bbc, his previous strong criticisms of mr trump are "old news." mr lammy also said the government would seek to ensure no import taxes — tariffs — were imposed by america on the uk. mr lammy has been speaking to adam fleming and our political editor, chris mason, on the bbc�*s newscast podcast. foreign secretary, how are you doing? being foreign secretary is all about shaking hands with folk and getting on with people — which is fine, unless you've spent rather a while, well, slagging them off. which is exactl

david lammy, now the foreign secretary, called trump a neo nazi sympathising sociopath, a dangerous do think for this mean, do you think for a labour government of the victory here by republican candidate in this election? >> well, of course , last night's >> well, of course, last night's election victory, a real political earthquake, no doubt. it's a huge shock to the sensitive souls of the labour party. and i think many in laboun party. and i think many in labour, including the top leadership, thought that kamala harris was going to win this election. they were obviously not following the polling very closely, and donald trump is once again going to be the president of the united states. and that's bad news for the far left socialist labour party who whose own leadership have relentlessly attacked donald trump in the past, including david lammy, the foreign secretary, who you have pointed out made some absolutely appalling, horrific comments about about donald trump previously . so i about about donald trump previously. so i think about about donald trump previously . so i think ther

the secretary of state for foreign, david lammy the secretary of state forforeign, commonwealthnd development, yvette cooper will lay a wreath and the secretary of state for culture, lisa nandy. behind and taking their place, john major, tony blair, gordon brown, david cameron, theresa may, borisjohnson, liz truss and rishi sunak, all former prime ministers. and then the representatives of the crown dependencies and the uk overseas territories from guernsey, jersey, the isle of man, bermuda, the british virgin islands, cayman islands, the falklands, gibraltar, montserrat, pitcairn, now the chiefs of defence staff, the merchant and the civilian services. led by chief of the defence staff tony radakin, sir ben key, chief of the general staff, general sir roly walker and chief of the s—type, air chief marshal so richard knighton. each of them lay a wreath. candid attacking is the air transport auxiliary association and mark hardingham from the civilian services. the ambassador of ireland, representative of nepal and now the high commissioners. from the commonwealth, some of whom jo

britain's foreign secretary, david lammy, tells the bbc his past strong criticism of donald trump, isd news". we're on the east coast of florida, which for the next few weeks is a new seat of power in america. donald trump, about a mile away, has been speaking to world leaders on the phone, from his luxury resort, mar—a—lago. also on the programme... prosecutors in argentina charge three people over the death of liam payne, the former one direction star who fell from a hotel balcony last month. the archbishop of canterbury says he's thought about resigning over the church of england's failure to stop a serial abuser. and the bank of england cuts interest rates again — they're down to 4.75%. and on bbc london — millions to tackle rough on newsnight at 10:30pm tonight, we will bring you fresh insight on the stories of the day with big interviews and our regular panel of newsnighters, and, of course, look at what the papers are saying about tomorrow's news. hello to you. we're in west palm beach, florida, where donald trump in his residence at mar—a—lago, up the road, is beginning to thi

and do you think would he mind about those remarks we published earlier from david lammy and the likeme nazi remarks and this kind of thing. you know, it's a bit it seems a bit student politics to me. >> i was accused serious, you know , i supported brexit very know, i supported brexit very strongly. i was accused by all manner of people of being a fascist or this is what they do. they can't cope with. they lost, they can't cope with the change in reality. so we're going to have a lot of archaeological relics of the previous era, not least tony blair as well. it's not just it's not just the left who are committed to this idea of no borders. you know, the movement of people through space. no, the this is now an epochal change. and we have to the opportunity for labour because labour could be in charge of it. >> it could be a ten year labour government quite easily, and it should be . should be. >> yeah. and it could be a 12 year republican ascendancy because j.d. vance is not a trivial figure, and he's very interested in all these ideas. >> and just just very quickly on the fact that h

adrian, from northumberland, asks should david lammy, the labour foreign secretary, apologise?ents that he has made in the past, before he held that position about donald trump, which are on social media being repeated everywhere today. it doesn't bode well for a good relationship, does it? >> well, donald trump is a transactional guy. he's focused on the interests of the united states and the people of america, not on tweets and words, and something people often don't know about. david lammy is that he's a christian. he's a man who's worked with j.d. vance on child poverty. you know, both christian men and actually that relationship building that goes back a long way. well before donald trump was, you know, president and well before the last 24 hours, that will actually stand britain, i think, in very good stead should apologise. >> that's that's what adrian wants to know from northumberland. >> i that's up to david lammy. whether he apologised. >> would you apologise if he said similar things about. >> i haven't said similar things. so that's an absurd hypothetical to be aski

well, if they sign a treaty and we did get david lammy to promise that it wouldn'tjust be using royalat it would come before parliament for a vote. but, hey, labour have a massive majority. if it's done and dusted, it's very difficult for it to be undone. and i think it would be a terrible mistake. i think it would damage very badly our relationship, notjust with donald trump, but with america as a whole, and make getting any deal on tariffs that much harder. i mean, are you genuinely suggesting that if we don't follow through with this, then donald trump might not impose tariffs on british goods being sold into the united states? he's a trader. he's a dealer. but have you had those actual conversations about the two in the same sentence? i'm telling you what i think the mood of the incoming administration is. 0k. one becomes harder if we do the other. what is it that the trump team and you think china will suddenly get access to that they can't already get access to? well, you're right, i mean, they were already bought up most of the mineral rights in africa, they've set up most of t

old news." —— british foreign secretary david lammy.anathan. welcome back.

which is exactly what david lammy used to do about donald trump, who he now says he'd reckoned for a it was, i've got to say it was. i felt in my bones that there could be a trump presidency. so april 2019, you said, "deluded, dishonest, xenophobic, narcissistic, donald trump is no friend of britain." have you changed your mind, or is that still your view? this is old news. here, chris, i'm sitting here as foreign secretary. i've had a meal with donald trump, i've met donald trump. did you talk about this stuff? did you apologise? did he bring it up? not even vaguely! i've got to say, i found him to be a very gracious host. did he offer you a second portion of chicken or something?! he didn't offer me a second portion of chicken! he was very generous, very gracious. very keen to make sure that we felt relaxed and comfortable in his surroundings. he was funny. i want to put one more quote to you, from time magazine in 2018, and you said, "trump is not only a woman—hating, neo—nazi—sympathising sociopath, he is also a profound threat to the international order that has been the foundat

i did warn david lammy , the did warn david lammy, the foreign secretary, seven weeks ago.you're doing this, but you don't know who's going to win the american election. on november the 5th. equally, there's been a general election in mauritius as well, and the new prime minister appears not to be so sure whether it's a good idea is labour's foreign policy falling to pieces before it even starts? i'm joined in the studio by susie stride, former political adviser to the labour party , and adviser to the labour party, and richard drax, former conservative member of parliament. richard, you've actually been to the chagos islands? i understand. >> well, i wish i had. right, okay, i haven't, but as a former service man myself, yeah, i'm well aware of how vital strategically this island is to nato. quite apart from the us. understand that the president of the new president of america is very upset by this , because the very upset by this, because the chinese influence is clearly a threat. and i think it's a very rash move to rush into this, whether the island goes back to the mau

uk foreign minister david lammy has announced sanctions against russia's so—called shadow fleet, targetingions on russian oil. it brings the number of oil. it brings the number of oil tankers under you uk sanctions to 73. we are determined to ensure that both the ships, the enablers of those ships thwarting european and uk sanctions are hurt at this time. thousands of protesters calling for the release of pakistan's jailed ex prime minister imran khan defied robots and tear gas to continue their march to the gates of the nation's capital in the early hours of tuesday. imran khan because my wife has told thousands of supporters their march will not end until her husband is freed from jail. there is tight security in islamabad, which has in effect been sealed off by authorities as the march approaches. at least one police officer has been killed and nine others injured during classes. fresh clashes. the us has called for calm from protesters and authorities. a new zealand citizen has suffered a suspected methanol poisoning in laos and has left the southeast asian nation and returned home. th

but the signs have been there, david lammy the foreign secretary went to china not long ago and todaye two men face—to—face and you could hear from keir starmer they're talking a lot about a pragmatic relationship. he wants a growth in the uk, he once trading relationships with other countries as well as china, but he is already been accused by the conservatives of putting trade and the economy above human rights. the prime minister has talked about being honest, being firm in the areas that we don't disagree, that we do disagree with china, where there are no agreement and of course there are many of those. so we will have to see how he navigates that relationship especially, as james was talking about, if donald trump, when he comes into power, brings and tariffs, for example. that could really make things incredibly difficult. thank you very much. ukrainian mp lesia vasylenko gave me her reaction to the us announcement. there was a lot ofjoy in ukraine because the headlines read that finally, the white house gives an ok, a permission to strike inside russia. so of course, there wer

something the government have been trying to do for a while and we have seen foreign secretary david lammylations in relation to things like the economy but there are difficult issues that will likely be discussed ranging from criticisms from the uk of the human rights record in china and also the conflict in ukraine, which given that it is going to be discussed heavily in the summit, is also likely to come up. in the summit, is also likely to come un— in the summit, is also likely to come up. and we have seen lots of divisions _ to come up. and we have seen lots of divisions in _ to come up. and we have seen lots of divisions in previous - lots of divisions in previous 620 lots of divisions in previous g20 summits, particularly in relation to the conflict in ukraine, so are our things are shaping up in terms of the concrete agreements that could be reached in rio dejaneiro? —— so how are things shaping up. -- so how are things shaping u . _ , , -- so how are things shaping u, , , ., -- so how are things shaping u . _ , , ., ., ., up. this is a gathering of the 20 largest — up. this is a g

here are the words recently of david lammy, the uk foreign secretary.e trying to "poison the world with disinformation, division "and disorder, not least in the united kingdom." you're the russian ambassador in the united kingdom. has he said that to you direct? and what have you said to him? i have never seen mr lammy, but i can tell that in his position i would control his language, because it is very much impolite, and i do not know any politician in the world who is either...especially foreign minister who used this kind of words, especially in russia. if you will hear what putin or lavrov is saying, this type of accusation of labelling is absolutely not a characteristic of us. it is mr lammy who allows himself, but he should know he is now foreign minister, and it is much better for him to stick to the diplomatic rules. mm. have you told that to your former president dmitry medvedev, who at various points over the last two years has threatened to send russian nuclear weapons to land on berlin, on paris, on london? have you told him to calm his lang

keir starmer and his �*donald loathing' cabinet — you'll remember the now uk foreign secretary david lammytrump a "neo—nazi sympathising sociopath." but of course, he did meet donald trump in the us when he was overfor the un general assembly not very long ago. we have been talking about european leaders meeting in budapest today. many have been quick to offer congratulations to donald trump, including sir keir starmer, although there have been some private concerns over what his victory could mean for european security. our international editorjeremy bowen has more on that. during his first term, donald trump often alarmed his allies with sometimes impulsive and naive overtures towards the world's strongmen. here, with kimjong—un, the ruler of north korea. and then we fell in love, 0k? no, really. he wrote me beautiful letters. trump always wants to be the biggest man in the room, but he'll face more complicated challenges now than the first time around, since the summit in finland in 2018, when he met russia's president putin. america's authoritarian rivals are now forming an axis. putin

david lammy, the british foreign secretary, seems to think otherwise, that uk authorities would havee west's relationship with israel and the attempts to try to two—state solution? —— find a two—state solution? to two-state solution? -- find a two-state solution?- a two-state solution? french president _ a two-state solution? french president macron _ a two-state solution? french president macron are - a two-state solution? french | president macron are position and then he changed it because the israelis were objecting to the israelis were objecting to the role that the french would play on the committee that the us would chair so it raises the question, if you want the israelis to be cooperating with you, will you be able to work on the icc and still have them cooperate with you?— on the icc and still have them cooperate with you? thank you for talking _ cooperate with you? thank you for talking to _ cooperate with you? thank you for talking to us. _ cooperate with you? thank you for talking to us. thank - cooperate with you? thank you for talking to us. thank you. i the transport

david lammy, i'm told, has metjd vance, the incoming vice president.aid, it will be about whether or not we can use the connections that have been made to find common ground on policy choices, where we won't always see eye—to—eye. just take us through the role of the national security adviser and what he would be expected to do within the the uk government. and what he would be expected to do within the uk government. well, he'll try to bring together the different departments in whitehall around the big issues that ministers are facing, that the country is facing, so that the prime minister has a clear view about what the challenges are and can conduct a debate at the very top of his government about what policies to adopt. and jonathan will facilitate that process, and he will then also oversee the way in which the whitehall machine implements those decisions on a collegiate basis. but he's also going to be very important as eyes and ears of the prime minister in talking to his counterparts in other capitals. he'll be a key link to washington, becaus

new labour government here, despite the work that has gone in behind—the—scenes in recent months, david lammyto build bridges, make connections with people who are going to be very senior in the next trump administration, particularlyjd vance, i think that relationship is going to be tested, perhaps like never before. then right there in westminster. _ before. then right there in westminster. let's - before. then right there in westminster. let's go - before. then right there in westminster. let's go to l westminster. let's go to another crucial areas and work out the implications of what we have seen in washington. talk climate change now. matt mcgrath, our environmental correspondent, joins from cardiff. people are trying to work out what this result means for them. ~ , ,., , what this result means for them. , , what this result means for them. , ~ them. absolutely, matthew. we had some big — them. absolutely, matthew. we had some big clues _ them. absolutely, matthew. we had some big clues from - them. absolutely, matthew. we had some big clues from his - had some big clues from his first

well, you'll have to ask david lammy that question.t that maybe we regret. the important thing is how we build on that relationship going forward. i'lljust end with this question for you. what did john major, rishi sunak and liz truss have in common? they were all chief secretaries to the treasury, but i, who. ended up as prime minister and... some of them very bad prime ministers. that's not an ambition of mine, i can tell you. it tookjohn major three years, liz truss three years and rishi sunak two years. from having yourjob to being prime minister. how long will it take you? i doubt i'm going to be joining them in that list of chief secretaries to become prime minister in a few years. that's very, very unlikely indeed. darrenjones, chief secretary to the treasury, thank you very much forjoining me on political thinking. my pleasure. kiran. mrjones, there's a reason why chief secretaries to the treasury often rise to the top in politics is because theirjob means they have to get their heads around every department in government. they

new labour government here, despite the work that has gone in behind the scenes in recent months, david lammy be very senior in the next trump administration, pa rticula rlyjd vance. i think that relationship is going to be tested, perhaps like never before. that was ben wright at westminster. as we have shown you on the screen, we are do to hear from kamala as we have shown you on the screen, we are do to hearfrom kamala harris at 2100 gmt, that is what the reuters news agency is reporting, the first time we have heard from the first time we have heard from the democratic candidate. let me share with the less time we physically saw her, this was kamala harris talking to various camping workers on the phone, but of course officials at her celebration party last night, coming out to microphones and seen it she was not going to speak, and we have not seen kamala harris through the course of the night or today, but 2100 gmt, she is do to address her supporters, so we will carry that lie. let me show you the pictures from donald trump. we saw him last night for missing a new golden age for americ

in fact, he's already had dinner with david lammy and keir starmer, and i feel pretty sure that theyabout that. okay, if trump is the man you believe he is to be, but this is exactly nigel farage's view that trump doesn't bear grudges and that he is perfectly reasonable. >> but the opposition to him, both in the uk and in the us, has been on the basis that he's completely unstable and dangerous . completely unstable and dangerous. it's completely unstable and dangerous . it's clearly not dangerous. it's clearly not true, is it, that he's a perfectly sensible man, an effective campaigner, and there's an odd hysteria, a sort of trump derangement syndrome that seems to bite american liberals? >> i think he's, as an individual , >> i think he's, as an individual, a fairly repugnant human being. he's a convicted felon, and much more besides. he's been outrageously sexist , he's been outrageously sexist, misogynist, racist in both his behaviour and the way in which he's conducted himself in america's highest office. what i think is interesting is we focus on him. >> except he was amazingly

and keir starmer and david lammy have reached out already, even before kamala harris has conceded, toarris. that was a nonstory. people including a party is always help their sister parties in democratic elections, that was nothing. the government has done all it can do to prepare for whatever the outcome is and the relationships with key players to the extent we know what they are, seem to be in good shape. i think the uk interest and the relationship seems to be pretty much set fair.— much set fair. you say getting ukraine right, _ much set fair. you say getting ukraine right, but _ much set fair. you say getting ukraine right, but where - much set fair. you say getting ukraine right, but where the l much set fair. you say getting i ukraine right, but where the uk stands on ukraine and where donald trump stands on ukraine could be some way apart. l could be some way apart. i think you are right. what did happen, and i think the uk government was helpful in this, earlier this year in the spring donald trump stopped locking the famous $61 billion worth of military assistance congress

. >> so david lammy is changing his tune.fer of cash to countries demanding slavery reparations. what is that? >> because he realised it's a really bad idea. >> no, he's realised that he pays tax and also he's in the government. that would have to have to hand over that, that money. yeah. i think if the tories were in power he'd still be saying, no, you've got to give all this money, which is up to 19 trillion, by the way, it's not feasible. we've got that. >> have we got that. >> have we got that. >> we don't have that. >> we don't have that. >> we don't have that. >> we just need to give less money to pensioners. >> yeah. can we do that quantitative easing thing? shut down the nhs money and send that off. >> it worked great in zimbabwe. there we go. so which is probably one of the countries asking for money now right. so he's saying instead well the prime minister has said instead they're looking at non—cash opfions they're looking at non—cash options such as debt relief, which is the same thing. >> what about vouchers? vouc

and that's what david lammy should do. mqs where kemi badenoch the new thing sort of asked starmer, is he going to apologise or has lammy apologised? and they waffled and said all that. we had dinner with him, we had a mcdonald's, you know, why does he, why doesn't he just apologise? just say sorry. >> keir starmer said you know, i had had a dinner >> keir star

because david lammy has so far refused to take back his comments. he obviously meant them at the time. i think that's sure, he said. he said to a broadcaster it's old news. it's old news. what? i said, you know, we're going to move forward with this relationship. but the problem is how damaging are those comments and will david lammy, we need him. we need the government to have a good relationship with donald trump, obviously, particularly with this massive question of tariffs. is he the right messenger , tom, i wonder i messenger, tom, i wonder i wonder if it goes wider than lammy because you've also got in keir starmer, a man who has been criticised pretty ruthlessly throughout the course of the summer by elon musk and elon musk of course, has the ear of donald trump as well. >> i mean , it seems like elon >> i mean, it seems like elon musk has a real personal vendetta against keir starmer. and then you throw into the mix the fact that the labour party sent its own activists to campaign for kamala harris against donald trump and you start to worry

david lammy _ still out there, isn't it? yes, good morning.? yes, good morning. david lammy was trying still out there, isn't it? yes, good i morning. david lammy was trying to create some distance from those comments that he made five or six years ago, when he was a backbench mp. he said he felt in his bones for a while now that donald trump could be the next us president and had been working to build a relationship with him. let's listen to what he had to say. so, april 2019, you sad, deluded, so, april2019, you sad, deluded, dishonest. — so, april2019, you sad, deluded, dishonest, xenophobic, narcissistic, donald _ dishonest, xenophobic, narcissistic, donald trump is no friend of britain _ donald trump is no friend of britain. have you changed your mind, or is that _ britain. have you changed your mind, or is that still — britain. have you changed your mind, or is that still your view? this britain. have you changed your mind, or is that still your view?— or is that still your view? this is old news _ or is that still your view? this is old

mykki, david lammy repeatedly _ time. mykki, david lammy repeatedly talked - time.arter." in military terms, what is filming? it in military terms, what is filming?— filming? it doesn't mean anything _ filming? it doesn't mean anything. one _ filming? it doesn't mean anything. one is - filming? it doesn't mean anything. one is to - filming? it doesn't mean anything. one is to be i anything. one is to be articulated is what is the end state? what is the end state look like? is the end state that there is a complete withdrawal of russian troops from ukrainian territory? is the end statement something about accession to nato? well david lammy is talking about russia has to fail in what it is trying to do, the un security council needs to be more articulate in what that end state actually means. and i think without that, it is just going to be clouded in ambiguity. going to be clouded in ambiguity-— going to be clouded in ambiguity. going to be clouded in ambiaui . . . . ' ~ ambiguity. nada tawfik, the russians will _ ambiguity. nada tawfik, the russians will certainly

the foreign secretary david lammy has told the bbc that his past criticisms of donald trump were "olded mr trump as "deluded, dishonest, xenophobic and narcissistic". 0ur political correspondent hannah miller has more. during donald trump's first presidency, there was no shortage of labour politicians making big statements about his character, among them the foreign secretary, david lammy, who was then a backbencher. so, april 2019, you said, "deluded, dishonest, xenophobic, narcissistic — donald trump is no friend of britain". have you changed your mind or is that still your view? this is old news. here, chris, i'm sitting here as foreign secretary. i've had a meal with donald trump, i've met donald trump. did you talk about this stuff? did he bring it up? not even vaguely. i've got to say, i found him to be a very gracious host. did he offer you a second portion of chicken? he didn't offer me a second portion of chicken. he was very generous, very gracious, very keen to make sure that we felt relaxed and comfortable in his surroundings. he was funny. david lammy�*s decision to do th

and you're hired to david lammy and you're hired to nigel farage? and today, a petition from 50,000 furious farmers will be handed into downing street, demanding that labour's . inheritance tax grab labour's. inheritance tax grab is scrapped, with threats of strikes and food shortages and even a mass protest in just 13 days time, i'll be joined by the petition's organisers, plus irate farmers who are crying no farmers, no food. that's all coming up on today's show. so it happened. donald trump is the 47th president of the usa. a lot of people saw this coming. the people who didn't trust the polls, who didn't listen to the mainstream media, but instead looked at the bookies , spoke to looked at the bookies, spoke to ordinary people. now we are facing a fresh political dawn. what does that mean for the western world? what does that mean for the united kingdom ? are mean for the united kingdom? are you happy? are you upset ? like you happy? are you upset? like the vast majority of people i listened to today, almost wearing black armbands on the bbc, be

unfortunately, david lammy and most of the labour government have spent the past few years just constantlying out blasphemous, not blasphemous , defamatory blasphemous, defamatory character assassinations against trump. >> do you think david lammy's move now is to pretend that nazis is just like a nickname, just like, hey, nazi guy, you know, we go way back, that kind of thing? >> well, it could feasibly say that that's just a word we call everybody, which is true. >> what is blasphemous is you saying mr trump has said of president trump, that's that's what i dumped the >> so the times has dumped the socialist eu trump aide tells britain. >> the uk has urged to align with the us if it wants a trade deal with the us if it wants a trade deal. obviously keir starmer is a national socialist. he's sort of gravitating towards europe and america is saying, no, don't do that. don't, don't go towards socialist europe, you know, come, come to the free, free trade america. we can make you almost part of nafta or whatever. it's been replaced with. and because america is looking like it's going to put

unfortunately, david lammy and most of the labour government have spent the past few years just constantly carrying out blasphemous, not blasphemous , defamatory blasphemous, defamatory character assassinations against trump. >> do you think david lammy's move now is to pretend that nazis is just like a nickname, just like, hey, nazi guy, you know, we go way back, that kind of thing? >> well, it could feasibly say that that's just a word we call everybody, which is true. >> what is blasphemous is you saying mr trump has said of president trump, that's that's what i object to. but this is so frustrating because this trade deal already got stalled when biden got in. but now it's so frustrating to see the maga revolution. and we're stuck in the sort of starmer soviet union. you know, stephen, this is stephen moore saying this, by the way, and he's saying basically it seems like, you know, with the uk going towards europe, we won't bother with a trade deal. but isn't that so frustrating. you've got musk slashing government departments. you've got robert kennedy doing whatever he does. you've g

david lammy said he would seek to get across to the united states that hurting your closest allies isn mr trump's interest. trump's pledge to raise tariffs on imports into the us could hit the uk economy. mr trump has said he wants to increase tariffs on goods imported from around the world by 10%, rising to 60% on items from china. this all comes as mr lammy also says past critical comments he made about the president elect are old news. sir keir starmer has pledged £3.5 million in support for veterans facing homelessness. the funding will go to reducing veteran homelessness program, which provides wraparound support for employment and independent living for veterans experiencing or at risk of homelessness . or at risk of homelessness. announcing the funding boost, sir keir said veterans represent the very best of our country and that we must honour their sacrifices. lib dem leader says whilst it's encouraging, there are always more that can be done . are always more that can be done. >> we can always do more. i'm really proud of how the liberal democrats, with people like helen morg

the uk foreign secretary, david lammy, has vowed to continue supporting ukraine.e russian leader confirms the country had tested a new intermediate range weapon in response to ukrainian missile strikes earlier in the week. he also added that russia are entitled to strike those countries who supported ukraine. earlier, member of the ukrainian parliament kira rudik told gb news how important it is for the west to continue in their support. >> the only thing that russia is good at is terrorising peaceful cities with the missiles and they are not even good in defending their own country right now. when they see that the western support is actually helping ukraine to defend ourselves against russian terrorist attacks, he is expanding the threats. the western leaders understand the value of these threats and understand that the only language that russia understands is the language of force, the language of power. and this is why we keep asking to continue strengthening ukraine in our defence against russia. and its terrible aggression. >> police in laos have detained th

foreign secretary david lammy has offered his congratulations to donald trump, saying the uk has no greaterriend than the us, with the special relationship being cherished on both sides of the atlantic for more than 80 years. he also says we look forward to working with you and jd vance in the we look forward to working with you and j[political�*| the we look forward to working with you and j[political thing. incredible political thing. look, what happened is this crazy ? crazy? >> sir keir starmer says the uk, us special relationship will continue to prosper following donald trump's historic election victory. the prime minister said congratulations president elect trump . i look forward to working trump. i look forward to working with you in the years ahead. he goes on to say, as the closest of allies, we stand shoulder to shoulder in defence of our shared values of freedom , shared values of freedom, democracy and enterprise. foreign secretary david lammy has offered his congratulations to donald trump, saying the uk has no greater friend than the us, with the special relationship being c

that's our relationship with america because david lammy, london mayor sadiq khan and many members of the cabinet in the past have been incredibly rude and critical about donald trump, not to mention all those labour activists who, of course , went activists who, of course, went to america to campaign for harris. >> obviously confident that she was going to win. >> so prime minster's questions yesterday. it was a gift for kemi badenoch. her first one, and she took to task. sir keir starmer over the foreign secretary, in particular his negative comments about donald trump in 2018. >> did the foreign secretary take that opportunity to apologise for making derogatory and scatological references, including, and i quote, trump is not only a woman hating, neo nazi sympathising sociopath, he is also a profound threat to the international order. >> so is david lammy, the to man maintain the relationship with the us, or should we be worried about a backlash from trump? well, we're joined now by former labour special adviser paul richards. good morning paul. good morning. good morning. right .

i know, but next we'll discuss the relationship between david lammy and donald trump.r the special relationship you're with? the saturday five, we're live on gb news welcome back to the saturday five. as always, thank you very much for your emails about tonight's topics. peter says this country is fast becoming the sewer of the western world, welcome back to the saturday five. as always, thank you very much for your emails about tonight's topics. peter says this country is fast becoming the sewer of the western world, made worse by the woke left and the liberal elite . iris says, the liberal elite. iris says, would the panel object so much if the migrants were white europeans? >> he said he would chain himself to the gates of downing street to the gates of downing street to disrupt a trump visit. now look , he came back this week and look, he came back this week and he said, well, that's old news, which is somewhat ironic given that he's quite keen on some old 200 year old news about slavery and reparations. that being said, he is so patently unfit for this job, his ro

i thought that was really interesting from a we just heard from david lammy there was i guess the resoluteone from the british foreign secretary, almost the sense that the uk site is doubling down, and we have heard a bit of that today from the prime minister in rio.— minister in rio. that's right, christian. — minister in rio. that's right, christian, and _ minister in rio. that's right, christian, and this _ minister in rio. that's right, christian, and this is - minister in rio. that's right, christian, and this is for - minister in rio. that's right, christian, and this is for the | christian, and this is for the uk holding the presidency of the security council this month, they chose this as really their signature event, and uk foreign secretary david lammy really trying to hammer home a point that he has mentioned since the start of this conflict, saying that this is notjust this conflict, saying that this is not just a this conflict, saying that this is notjust a war for this conflict, saying that this is notjust a warfor ukraine or a warfor europe, that is notjust a warfor ukraine

keir starmer and david lammy gave away the overseas british territory to mauritius, of course. admittedly, in negotiations first opened by james cleverly, which opened the door to china's spies and military filling the vacuum on the indian ocean islands. now, though, get this. us president elect donald trump looks set to throw a big fat spanner in the works by torpedoing lammy and starmer's deal that was eventually approved by joe biden. trump is reportedly taking legal advice from the pentagon on how to kill the deal off with a one. nigel farage being named as the man who's been piling on the pressure behind the scenes. and a source from trump's transition team said today trump has expressed a stance in principle to object to the deal if elected on the advice of the department of defence based on their global security posture. nigel was today asked about the rumours and he simply said it's happening. so what's clear now? if it wasn't before , is that if it wasn't before, is that nigel farage has the ear of the next us president, a man he has remained loyal to even when it was