Donald Trump has upset a whole city after issuing his verdict on Keir Starmer's potential successor, Andy Burnham.

When asked about Mr Burnham, who is the clear favourite to succeed Keir Starmer as the Labour premier, Mr Trump said: 'I don't know, I think I see that he was, I guess, the mayor…

Donald Trump has upset a whole city after issuing his verdict on Keir Starmer's potential successor, Andy Burnham.

The US president further dismissed Mr Burnham, describing him as ‘the mayor of a town’

Simon Kelner: Trump's comments are unalloyed good news for the hopeful-PM

In his first remarks on Andy Burnham, US President Donald Trump appeared unfamiliar with the UK PM frontrunner, describing him as "the mayor of a town".