Starmer suggests US ‘trying to interfere in our democracy’ over Nowak claims
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Prime minister’s office responds after JD Vance blames British teenager’s death on mass migration

Keir Starmer has suggested the US is trying to interfere in British democracy after JD Vance, the US vice-president, blamed the murder of the British teenager Henry Nowak on mass migration.

The prime minister’s office responded after the senior Republican politician claimed in a post on X that Nowak would be alive “if the last few generations of European elites had stood their ground against the politics of self-hatred and the mass invasion of migrants, many of whom despise the West and the people who love it”.

Downing Street did not name Vance directly but said its response to his comments was that “in recent days we have seen people trying to interfere in our democracy and seeking to stir up division on our streets”.

  • Séimhe (sé / é)English
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    1 day ago

    Yes, but I think radical reforms have been needed since he took office haven’t happened. They’ve gone backwards in some cases.

    He has also broken ten of his election promises, IIRC. So I’m basically saying that when a laggard like himself complains, it has less credibility.

    • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
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      6 hours ago

      Oh I fully agree. Though I think the larger problem is just the fact that Labour are in comprehensively terrible at comms. For example they have raised the minimum wage, something which is needed doing for a decade or more, well they finally did it but for some reason they seem very coy about actually telling anyone. So unless you were actually working minimum wage and suddenly had your pay rise you wouldn’t know. Same thing for improving workers’ rights, they don’t appear to have actually told anybody about any of this.

      So while labour definitely do need to replace him presumably with Andy Burnham, nothing’s going to get better unless they actually talk to people.