Nigel Farage claims Labour Party is ‘ludicrous’ to risk Trump relationship

Sir Keir Starmer’s lot have hardly had an easy start in government, what with the cronyism rows, freebie fiasco and frockgate. Now the British prime minister is dealing with a backlash from one of the presidential candidates, after Labour activists flew stateside to canvas for Kamala Harris. This week, Donald Trump’s campaign even complained about the matter to the Federal Election Commission — alleging that the volunteering by Labour Party members, alongside the reported contact between senior party figures and the Harris campaign, was “illegal foreign campaign contributions and interference.” Crikey.

Trump ally Nigel Farage hasn’t been shy on the matter, insisting last week that “this is direct interference by the governing Labour party.” And this morning on Times Radio, the Reform leader was pulling no punches, fuming that seeing the Labour lot campaign for Kamala was “not good politics” or “grown up.” Farage added scathingly:

Trump actually is a very forgiving person — but it takes a little bit of time. It makes no sense for a British government to get involved openly backing a candidate with less than a fortnight to go before the American elections, especially if Trump wins. It is not good diplomacy, it is not good politics, it is not grown up.

Don’t hold back Nige! And quizzed on whether Trump would forgive Sir Keir’s crowd if he were to win the election, the Clacton Member of Parliament replied: “Ultimately, but maybe not for a bit. And why get the relationship off to a bad start? It is ludicrous.”

The PM insisted on Wednesday that his relationship with Trump has not been ruined, stating that he had in fact “established a good relationship” with the presidential candidate. Good heavens. If this is what a good relationship looks like, Cockburn would hate to see what happens when Starmer thinks he’s fallen out with someone…

This article was originally published on The Spectator’s UK website.