PMQs: Kemi Badenoch calls on Starmer to ‘apologise’ to Donald Trump

Kemi Badenoch urged the prime minister to apologise for past comments made by David Lammy, the foreign secretary, about US president-elect Donald Trump.

Badenoch, in her first prime minister’s questions as Conservative leader, also called for Keir Starmer to ask the commons Speaker to extend an invitation to Trump to address parliament.

Badenoch said: “The prime minister and the foreign secretary met [Trump] in September. 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.'”

She added: “And if he did not apologise, will the prime minister do so now on his behalf?”

Starmer responded: “The foreign secretary and I did meet president-elect Trump just a few weeks ago for dinner for about a couple of hours. And we discussed a number of issues of global significance. It was a very constructive exercise.”

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