Keir Starmer and David Lammy urged to mend fences with Donald Trump

The Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary person some made beardown comments astir Donald Trump (Image: Getty)

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Foreign Secretary David Lammy person been told they indispensable enactment “twice arsenic hard” to repair transatlantic harm with Donald Trump aft their “immature and reckless statements”.

Mr Lammy has referred to the President-elect arsenic a “woman-hating, neo-Nazi-sympathising sociopath” and a “tyrant successful a toupee”.

In 2016, Sir Keir described comments made by Mr Trump arsenic “repugnant” and “offensive, shocking and disturbing”.

Shadow Foreign Secretary Dame Priti Patel urged the UK Government to physique bridges with the incoming administration.

She said: “It is successful our nationalist involvement to person a beardown and constructive narration with the US, and that is wherefore Keir Starmer and David Lammy indispensable present enactment doubly arsenic hard to repair the harm resulting from their immature and reckless statements.”

Stressing areas wherever the UK and US tin enactment together, she said: “There is overmuch the Conservative Party and President Trump hold connected – peculiarly the challenges facing our counties connected protecting our borders, tackling amerciable immigration, and raising defence spending.”

Dame Priti insisted the “importance with our narration with the US cannot beryllium overstated” and said Mr Trump’s predetermination “presents breathtaking caller opportunities for this successful the years ahead”.

She said: “The relationship and affinity betwixt our 2 peoples and 2 countries is profound and heavy rooted, manifesting successful millions of interactions each and each time – from implicit £300billion successful trading, to practice connected defence and security, and shared taste values with a committedness to prosperity and freedom.

“It is these bonds that marque the narration truthful enduring. It is not conscionable held successful the offices of the British and American governments but shared by our 2 peoples.”

In the House of Commons past week, Sir Keir said helium and Mr Trump had “underlined our shared committedness to the peculiar narration successful the years to come”.