Donald Trump gains 260,000 votes where Labour luvvies campaigned for Harris

Rayner's unearthed anti-Trump comments piles more pressure on Starmer

Unearthed comments made by Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner have threatened to pile more pressure on Sir Keir Starmer.

The Prime Minister continues to face questions about comments made by senior Labour MPs, with Rayner labelling the 45th President a "buffoon" who has "no place in the White House".

Speaking during the coronavirus pandemic, Rayner added: “He’s an absolute buffoon. He has no place in the White House. He’s an embarrassment and he should be ashamed of himself, especially when thousands of Americans have died.”

Rupert Lowe: 'Labour's pathetic playground politics is costing Britain dearly'

Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe has laid into Labour after it emerged that Donald Trump spoke to French president Macron ahead of Sir Keir Starmer.

In a scathing social media post capitalising on growing fears over ministers like David Lammy's comments on Trump in the past, Lowe warned that Labour's "pathetic playground politics" was costing the UK.

He wrote: "No surprise that Trump chose to speak with Macron ahead of Starmer - Labour's pathetic playground politics is costing Britain dearly.

"Lammy, Rayner and the lot of them should put aside their egos and apologise to President-elect Trump. For the national interest."

The Guardian's woke message to staff after 'very upsetting' US election result

The Guardian's editor Katharine Viner has written to staff in the aftermath of Donald Trump's "upsetting" US election victory offering free counselling for those unhappy with the outcome.

Viner, 53, circulated an email to employees following Trump's November 5 success in which she claimed readers would be turning to the newspaper for "hope".

She also praised Guardian journalists' "brilliant" election coverage as the paper ran with headlines including "Fear triumphs over hope as Trump wins the presidency".

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Jeremy Corbyn blames GAZA for Trump resurgence as Left reels from November 5

Jeremy Corbyn's "Peace and Justice Project" campaign group has blamed the so-called "genocide in Gaza" for Donald Trump's election victory.

The Project, which has heavily backed the Palestinian cause since its inception, lashed out at Wednesday's "deeply concerning" result - but blamed the Democrats' stance on Gaza.

A statement from Corbyn's group says Harris's "unwavering support for Israel's genocide in Gaza essentially handed Donald Trump back the keys to the White House".

Meanwhile in Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu and his supporters celebrated Donald Trump's election, hailing him as an ally who would support them "unconditionally".

Congratulating Trump, Netanyahu said the former president had made "history's greatest comeback".

Labour REJECTS Farage's offer to help with Trump issue - 'We have our own relationships,' party claims

Nigel Farage's offer of helping Labour with the second Donald Trump presidency has been rejected.

The Reform UK leader spent election night in the US with the Republican campaign and offered to help the Labour Government establish a good relationship with the Trump administration.

Farage says he believes that Trump’s victory is a sign that “politics, including our own, is moving rightwards" however the Clacton MP admitted Trump’s tariff proposals could cause problems for the UK.

He told GB News: "We have the prospect of a Trump government bringing in quite big tariffs for all foreign imports, something that we need to deal with by getting involved in negotiations as quickly as we reasonably can - and that means rolling out the red carpet.

"I'm pleased to see that Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has said he looks forward to the American president addressing both houses of Parliament next year when he comes on a visit, so that's at least a start.

"But we do need to get talking to the Trump transition team as soon as those big positions such as trade are appointed."

Asked about Farage’s offer in an interview with Times Radio, Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden said the government did not need his help adding: "I think we’ll have our own relationships."

Swinney blasted by Greens for congratulating Trump's election victory - 'words fail me'

SNP leader John Swinney has been subjected to an anti-Trump tirade by the Scottish Greens after congratulating America's next President on his election victory.

After Swinney took to social media to congratulate the soon-to-be 47th President, the Greens' co-leader Patrick Harvie said: "He wrote that he is sure Scotland’s cultural and social ties with the US will flourish during the presidency of a misogynist, a climate denier, a fraudster, a conspiracy-monger, a racist, a far-right politician who tried to overturn an election result, both covertly and by inciting violence.

"Words fail me. What social and cultural ties does the first minister really think will benefit from a relationship with such a man?"

Swinney responded, saying he had a duty to engage with other governments and that there were deep cultural, social and economic ties between Scotland and the USA, however adding that there were "very big, real differences in expression and in priority and in way of life between me and Donald Trump".

Rayner eyes up BANNING right to buy council homes - after buying her own

Angela Rayner has indicated she will ban new council homes from being sold under the Right to Buy scheme - despite buying her own property in 2007.

The Deputy Prime Minister told the BBC the government would put restrictions on new social homes in England "so that we aren’t losing that stock."

The scheme, first launched by Margaret Thatcher in 1980, allowed tenants living in council houses to buy them, often at a significant discount.

While it was initially popular for increasing rates of home ownership among working-class people, it has proved controversial more recently and has been blamed for exacerbating homelessness and causing a housing crisis.

Rayner told the BBC that she doesn’t want those newly built properties “leaving the system" adding: "We’ll be putting restrictions on them so that we aren’t losing those homes… we’re not losing that stock."

Ministers will launch a consultation on the issue later this year.

Mike Amesbury MP charged with assault after 'man punched in street'

MP Mike Amesbury has been charged with assault after a video emerged of him appearing to punch a man to the ground.

The Runcorn and Helsby MP, who was suspended from Labour after footage emerged appearing to show him hit a man in the street, will appear before magistrates at a later date, police said.

The charge relates to an alleged attack on a 45-year-old man on Main Street in Frodsham, Cheshire, which was reported to officers at 2.48am on Saturday October 26.

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Starmer and Reeves rent out their London homes for THOUSANDS after moving into Downing Street

Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are renting out their homes for thousands of pounds after moving into Downing Street, it has emerged.

Just days after a row erupted over the party's definition of "working people", it has come to light that the two Labour leading lights are both landlords, according to a new list of ministerial declarations.

The Prime Minister's four-bed north London home, valued at some £2million, is up for rent, despite Starmer having paid off his mortgage earlier this year, while the Chancellor's own four-bedroom pad, in the south of the capital, is also open to tenants.

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Starmer urged to SACK Lammy over obscene 'racist KKK Nazi' Trump claims 

A US analyst has called on Sir Keir Starmer to sack Foreign Secretary David Lammy over past comments about President-elect Donald Trump.

Director of The Heritage Foundation's Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom Nile Gardiner said Trump would see the Prime Minister as a "novice" when it comes to negotiating and a "woke lefty."

Lammy posted on social media in 2017: "Yes, if Trump comes to the UK I will be out protesting on the streets. He is a racist KKK and Nazi sympathiser."

One year later, the Tottenham MP wrote: "Trump is not only a woman-hating, neo-Nazi-sympathising sociopath...he is also a profound threat to the international order that has been the foundation of Western progress for so long."

Now, Gardiner has claimed that firing Lammy from the cabinet would be the start of fixing the relationship between Starmer and Trump, however, he conceded that it may be politically difficult.

He told MailOnline: "The smartest thing would be to sack David Lammy and apologise for the intervention by Labour staffers. But I'm in no doubt that it will be practically impossible for Sir Keir to work with the Trump Presidency."

Earlier this year, Lammy defended calling Trump "a neo-Nazi sympathising sociopath", saying all politicians had something to say about him "back in the day." He also said he had met Trump’s Vice-President JD Vance and that the two men had “common ground".

Lammy said: "We’re both from poor backgrounds, both suffered from addiction issues in our family which we’ve written about... both of us [are] Christians. And now I’ve met [Vance] on a few occasions, and we have been able to find common ground and get on."

Liberal Democrats and Greens express outrage at 'dangerous, destructive' Trump victory

Party leaders have expressed their anger after Donald Trump declared victory in the US presidential election.

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said it was "a dark, dark day for people around the globe".

He added: "The world’s largest economy and most powerful military will be led by a dangerous, destructive demagogue. Fixing the UK’s broken relationship with the EU is even more urgent than before - we must strengthen trade and defence cooperation across Europe to help protect ourselves from the damage Trump will do."

Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer said: "A convicted criminal, a fascist who does not respect the rule of law is once again set to become leader of the most powerful country in the world.

"For a man who denies the reality of climate change, has no respect for the truth and engineered the overturning of women’s right to choose, for him to have so much power feels frightening.

"His relentless attacks on migrants, his racism, his misogyny, his homophobia, it leaves many in our communities feeling threatened this morning.

"So on this dark day, I want to say that we stand in solidarity with all those who dreaded this moment and must now live with its consequences, including those in Gaza and in Ukraine."

Falklands War Defence Secretary dies aged 92

Sir John Nott, the defence secretary during the Falklands War, has died aged 92.

The senior Conservative twice offered his resignation to Margaret Thatcher after the Argentinian invasion of the South Atlantic islands in 1982 but she refused to accept it, instead keeping him in place for the operation.

His daughter, the writer Sasha Swire, the wife of Tory peer Lord Swire, said: “RIP my beloved father, John Nott, protector, politician, farmer, me. Sir John also had two sons – composer Julian, who wrote the Peppa Pig theme music, and William who worked in the oil industry.

Shadow foreign secretary Dame Priti Patel said: “John Nott was an inspiring defence secretary and politician who stood up, alongside Margaret Thatcher, to aggression.His resolute determination to free British sovereign territory from tyranny is as important today as it was during the Falklands conflict.

"My condolences go to his family and loved ones at this sad time."

Mel Stride says Labour Government are in a 'difficult position already' with Trump’s administration and should 'build bridges'

Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride has said that Labour need to "build bridges" with the US after David Lammy's tweets about President-elect Donald Trump.

Speaking to GB News, Stride said: "I think those remarks were very unfortunate. And clearly it's incumbent on the Government to build those bridges with Donald Trump and his new administration.

"I think Kemi Badenoch yesterday in Prime Minister's Questions, was absolutely right to press the Prime Minister on ensuring that those remarks are effectively withdrawn because I think they're extremely unhelpful."

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Labour comments about Donald Trump will not 'interfere' in the 'important alliance' between the UK and US, says McFadden

Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden has said comments made by Labour Cabinet ministers about Donald Trump will not “interfere” in the “important alliance” between the UK and US.

He told Sky News: "I think a lot of things that have been said over the years, but not just here in the UK, including in the US. If you look at what Vice President Elect JD Vance said about President Trump, he mused whether this was going to be another Richard Nixon or America’s Hitler, and it’s not held him back from being the running mate.

"Elon Musk as well, advised Trump to walk off into the sunset a couple of years ago, and he’s become President Trump’s biggest, biggest backer in business. So I think a number of things have been said over the years, but the truth is, the alliance between Britain and the United States is long and deep and enduring."

He added: "I don’t think any of these things will interfere in what is such an important alliance for the world, based on defence, security, shared values, shared history. It’s all more important than all of those things, and that is the footing we begin on, and that’s the footing that we’ll continue on."

UK Government confirms nearly £1.4bn for local projects in Scotland

The UK Government has said nearly £1.4billion will be spent on dozens of local growth projects in Scotland over the next 10 years. Scottish Secretary Ian Murray has written to all 32 local authorities to confirm the greenlit projects.

Murray announced £160million each for investment zones in Glasgow and the North East, £26million each for the Cromarty and Forth freeports, and £26million for the Fair Isle Ferry in Shetland.

Nearly £39million will be allocated for the Amids (Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District Scotland) South transport project in Renfrewshire while £15million will be spent on the regeneration of Drumchapel town centre in Glasgow, and £18million will be spent on the Elgin city masterplan.

Ten areas will receive £20million each as part of the long-term plan for towns programme.