UK foreign secretary says US election result ‘not wholly bad’ for Britain. David Lammy plays down fears over Trump presidency and says UK must seize ‘opportunities’ on offer 10:18 Good morning.

David Lammy has declined to say whether he regrets labelling Donald Trump a “Nazi” after the Republican’s election victory on Tuesday.

When they had dinner in September Trump even offered him a second helping of chicken, said Lammy this week as evidence that they now have a better relationship. Britain under Keir Starmer ’s new Labour government covets close ties with Trump’s White House and,

UK foreign secretary, asked about calling the US president-elect a ‘sociopath’, says ‘there are things I know now that I didn’t know back then’

David Lammy has dismissed the row over his past criticisms of Donald Trump as “old news”. The foreign secretary has come under fire about his previous comments since Trump was re-elected US president this week.

David Lammy’s past comments about Donald Trump ‘a concern’, says ex-spy chief - Sir Richard Dearlove said the president-elect may put criticisms of him to one side because of his strong political mandate.