PM says King’s state visit to US should still go ahead as it will support relationship beyond Trump’s term in office
Ed Davey, the Lib Dem leader, says Donald Trump has threatened to rip up the trade deal with the UK because of the government’s stance on the war.
Davey says Trump “treats our country like a mafia boss running a protection racket”. He says this is the last straw. The state visit must be called off.
Starmer says a lot of pressure has been applied to him, including what happened last night. He says he will not yield. “I know where I stand,” he says.
But he says the state visit should go ahead. He says it will support links that last beyond who is in power at any one time.
