Labour mayor Andy Burnham turns into newest to interrupt ranks with Starmer as he hits out at Trump | EUROtoday

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Andy Burnham has hit out at Donald Trump as Labour’s divisions over his return to the White House change into more and more public.

Sir Keir Starmer has already been warned to not roll out the pink carpet for Mr Trump within the UK, as the federal government makes an attempt to construct bridges with the president-elect.

Sir Keir despatched his “hearty” congratulations on Wednesday, in a transfer seen as designed to clean tensions after the Trump marketing campaign accused Labour of interfering within the election in a row over activists campaigning for the Democrats.

The overseas secretary David Lammy was additionally compelled to attempt to dampen hypothesis of a rift with Mr Trump, after his feedback branding the president-elect “a racist KKK and Nazi sympathiser” resurfaced.

Asked concerning the outcome, Mr Burnham spoke of his “concerns” and stated his metropolis “won’t compromise our principles”.

His feedback appeared to echo these of London mayor Sadiq Khan, who refused to congratulate the Republican on his election win and as an alternative issued a press release saying the outcome confirmed “progress is not inevitable”.

Mr Burnham advised the Manchester Evening News he has “concerns” about Mr Trump’s election.

He stated: “I don’t think it’s the case that we put those concerns to another side. You have to stick to what you believe to be right and that’s where I think people in Greater Manchester would want me to be.

“You’ve received to respect the vote over there and the best way individuals voted. But that shouldn’t imply you don’t open your eyes to what might be actually difficult and tough points and issues that might polarise individuals additional – we don’t need to see that.

“Obviously, you’ve got to work with people and we will continue what we’re doing. We’ve got lots of relationships in the US, we’ll be in Austin in the new year, we’ll obviously work with people, but we won’t compromise our principles either.”

A Labour minister additionally struggled to call any advantages of his return to the White House in a clumsy Question Time grilling.

Minister for business Sarah Jones was requested concerning the Republican’s historic win repeatedly by host Fiona Bruce when she appeared on the present on Thursday night.

At one level the BBC host presenter requested her: “Can you not think of any benefits?”

Earlier Mr Lammy has branded his feedback about Mr Trump “old news” and stated many politicians had stated some “pretty ripe things” about Trump previously.

In his first interview because the president-elect’s victory, he advised the BBC Newscast podcast that Mr Trump’s marketing campaign was “very well run”, including: “I felt in my bones that there could be a Trump presidency.”

Sir Keir has thrown his weight behind Mr Lammy amid the controversy over his previous feedback.

Mr Lammy will stay in his put up till the subsequent election, Downing Street stated on Wednesday simply hours after Mr Trump’s victory was secured.

The vote of confidence got here after the prime minister sidestepped calls to apologise for his frontbencher’s assault, in an article written when he was a backbench MP in 2018.