Author: Matt Honeycombe-Foster

LONDON — Britain’s top diplomat David Lammy should make an “apology to the American people” for once branding Donald Trump a “serial liar and a cheat,” according to an ally of the U.S. president-elect. Ezra A. Cohen, who served as acting under-secretary of defense for intelligence during Trump’s first term, took aim at the U.K.’s foreign secretary as he resurfaced past damning comments about the U.S. Republican on social media. Cohen singled out a 2019 post from Lammy — then a backbench Labour lawmaker but now one of the most senior members of the British government — in which he…

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LONDON — Like father, like son. Elon Musk’s dad joined his billionaire son in ranting against Britain’s government on Monday, accusing center-left Prime Minister Keir Starmer of being a “fascist” and warning the country is headed for the abyss. Errol Musk told Times Radio that Starmer — who attracted the ire of Musk junior earlier this year as police battled to contain far-right riots sweeping the country — is heading up a “totally fascist” government with “absolutely nothing democratic about it.” “Starmer needs to resign and they need to hold a new election in England because the people have had…

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Here’s one way to win over Conservative Party members. Robert Jenrick, in the running to lead Britain’s embattled Tory Party, made a startling admission at the Conservative conference Tuesday: his daughter’s middle name is “Thatcher.” Speaking to GB News’ Christopher Hope for an on-stage grilling in front of the Tory faithful, Jenrick — who has three daughters — revealed that one of them shares a name with the late Conservative prime minister. “Oh, you’re embarrassing her now,” Jenrick said as he was pressed on the name. “It is Margaret Thatcher … It’s Thatcher. She was born the year that Margaret…

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