Starmer rejects Trump team claims of interference
Published: 04:10 PM,Oct 23,2024 | EDITED : 07:10 PM,Oct 23,2024
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer reacts as he speaks outside of London ambulance service. — AFP file photo
LONDON: The government in London on Wednesday played down claims of meddling in the US election, after Donald Trump's team charged that having members of Britain's ruling Labour Party work for his opponent Kamala Harris's campaign was 'blatant foreign interference'. Trump's legal team filed an official complaint to the US Federal Election Commission, alleging that the 'British Labour Party made, and the (Kamala) Harris campaign accepted, illegal foreign national contributions'.
Starmer insisted it was normal for volunteers to campaign and that he had established 'a good relationship' with Trump, whom he met for dinner over two hours at his Trump Tower residence in New York last month. Starmer also denied suggestions that it could damage relations with the UK's most important ally should Republican party candidate Trump beat Harris and secure a return to the White House after next month's vote. — AFP
Starmer insisted it was normal for volunteers to campaign and that he had established 'a good relationship' with Trump, whom he met for dinner over two hours at his Trump Tower residence in New York last month. Starmer also denied suggestions that it could damage relations with the UK's most important ally should Republican party candidate Trump beat Harris and secure a return to the White House after next month's vote. — AFP