Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy rowed back on claims Nigel Farage “flirted with Hitler Youth”. Lammy’s comments were an apparent reference to allegations that emerged in 2013 that Farage sang Nazi songs as a teenager. The Reform UK leader denied the allegations at the time, which centred on a claim that as a schoolboy in...
Karl MercerLondon political editor PA Media Sir Sadiq Khan said Donald Trump’s comments at the UN were “racist, sexist, misogynistic and Islamophobic” The prime minister has described claims from the US president that London wants “to go to Sharia law” as “ridiculous nonsense”. Sir Keir Starmer also said he supported Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan following...
Jamie Hepburn MSP apologises to Holyrood chamber A former Scottish government minister who was accused of assaulting Conservative MSP Douglas Ross has apologised for his conduct. Jamie Hepburn, previously the minister for parliamentary business, quit his government job after Ross claimed he had grabbed him and swore aggressively outside the Holyrood chamber on Wednesday. The...