Kemi demands Starmer and Lammy apologise for their offensive comments

What else should they do ?
Isn't it called being diplomatic ? Their personal likes /dislikes shouldn't come into it when they are talking in their official capacities .

I can never understand politicians venting feelings about world leaders when they know one day soon they may well have to work with them.Diplomatic it ain’t.

Nothing creepy about it. They have to be pragmatic and work with the man. You can respect the office of President and still have. personal reservations about the holder of that office.

To be fair, Starmer showed respect and called Trump President-Elect in his congratulations.
Lammy didn't even have the decency to use that title.
I agree, it takes respect, Wheniwasyourage.

They probably follow the adage "Keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer"

They have to get on with Trump.

Oreo

I can never understand politicians venting feelings about world leaders when they know one day soon they may well have to work with them.Diplomatic it ain’t.

Did anyone genuinely believe that Trump would/could be president again, especially after the insurrection?

Of course Trump was going to win.America would not vote a black woman into power.

They did in the US, his fan base never went away.No matter the personal opinions of politicians they always have to be circumspect.

They thought Trump was stronger. So they voted for him. No surprise.

How stupid it it to demand an apology!!!

Trump and Starmer have already met recently.
He also tried to meet Harris but the diaries couldn't be sorted.

Nothing to see here!
🙄

Kemi Badenoch is right.
People who are unable to remain professional, even in opposition, are unfit to be in government in my opinion.
But what does being professional matter these days?

She's ridiculous.

NotSpaghetti

How stupid it it to demand an apology!!!

Trump and Starmer have already met recently.
He also tried to meet Harris but the diaries couldn't be sorted.

Nothing to see here!
🙄

Nothing to see here!
👍

madalene

Kemi Badenoch is right.
People who are unable to remain professional, even in opposition, are unfit to be in government in my opinion.
But what does being professional matter these days?

Just maybe, given the fact that Starmer and Lammy had amicably met up with Trump ( something that they’ve been criticised for) it would have made more sense for Badenoch, for the sake of our future relationship with America, to not make an issue of it? Or is she putting political point scoring before what’s best for the country? Surely not…

She did make herself look a bit silly to those of us with memories, David Cameron was in exactly this position a few short months ago.
news.sky.com/story/have-lord-camerons-words-come-back-to-bite-him-13111241
One of the joys of opposition though is that all empires of your party’s past are expunged.

She is getting right in there on the arrival of the first big news item of her spell as Tory leader, seizing an opportunity for an attack on the PM. Straight for the jugular, as soon as she got the job.

MayBee70

madalene

Kemi Badenoch is right.
People who are unable to remain professional, even in opposition, are unfit to be in government in my opinion.
But what does being professional matter these days?

Just maybe, given the fact that Starmer and Lammy had amicably met up with Trump ( something that they’ve been criticised for) it would have made more sense for Badenoch, for the sake of our future relationship with America, to not make an issue of it? Or is she putting political point scoring before what’s best for the country? Surely not…

My thoughts entirely. NOT wise at all.

So just so I’ve got this right, KB is out of order but KS and Lammy were fine to be openly hostile about Trump when they were in opposition?

Okay, got that. Double standards it seems.

I’m not a Trump fan by the way.

Oreo

I can never understand politicians venting feelings about world leaders when they know one day soon they may well have to work with them.Diplomatic it ain’t.

👍🖐👌 Hear, hear Oreo.

heath480

Of course Trump was going to win.America would not vote a black woman into power.

Is she black? One day she says she is, another she’s white and yet another she is mixed race.

They were out of order to make comments, in common with all politicians who make comments about other politicians, whether in the UK or not - it happens every day, and sometimes it bites them on the bum depending on who they have slagged off. Just look at some of their X accounts for an eye opener.
I don’t personally think Badenough was out of order to ask the question, but I do think she was naive to think people wouldn’t join the dots on members of her own party doing the same thing, including her - she accused Suella Braverman of having a very public nervous breakdown for example when they spatted.
It is endemic I think, politicians have become more frank and open about their views about all manner of things, including other politicians. I don’t think the tide can be turned, although I wish it could.

She IS trying to put political point scoring before what’s best for the country. I agree.

And she didn't actually score points for it as it happens.
She was wrong regarding defence and whilst she was trying to say Starmer had his answers written out for him she was reading off her questions.
I think her rather attack-dog style caused not a stir.

Primrose53

heath480

Of course Trump was going to win.America would not vote a black woman into power.

Is she black? One day she says she is, another she’s white and yet another she is mixed race.

Kamala Harris’s maternal ancestry comes from Tamil Nadu, India. Her mother is Shyamala Gopalan and she was a biochemical scientist.
Her father is Donald J. Harris. He is a Jamaican American economist and professor emeritus. He was originally from St Ann’s Bay, Jamaica.
So Kamala Harris if of Jamaican descent on her paternal side and Indian descent on her mother’s side.
Reuters investigated her racial history and identity. Her birth. Certificate lists her mothers Birthplace as India and her race as Caucasian “Indians were classified as white/caucasian in the US in the 1960’c (prema Kurien, Daicoff Faculty, Syracuse university)
Her father is of Jamaican heritage and believes his ancestry includes the children born after relationships between slaves and white owners.
So little wonder Kamala’s heritage isn’t as clear as those of us who don’t have black slaves in our ancestry.