Labour civil war erupts as Goverment backs Trump over Sadiq Khan's 'facism' comments

A subordinate of the Cabinet has said that the Government does not hold with the Mayor's words (Image: Getty)

A Labour civilian warfare has erupted arsenic Sir Keir Starmer hailed the UK's narration with the US up of Donald Trump's inauguration aft Sadiq Khan implied helium is simply a facist.

The Prime Minister said yesterday: “With President Trump’s longstanding affection and humanities ties to the United Kingdom, I cognize that extent of relationship volition continue.”

Sir Keir added: “We volition proceed to physique upon the unshakeable foundations of our historical confederation arsenic we tackle unneurotic the planetary challenges we look and instrumentality our concern to the adjacent level focused connected shared opportunities up for growth.”

It came aft Labour’s London Mayor suggested that Mr Trump was portion of “resurgent fascism haunting the West”, The Sun reports.

Donald Trump is to go the 47th President of the US contiguous (Image: Getty)

Mr Khan said: “The hard-right and far-right are connected the march. These are profoundly worrying times.”

However, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Darren Jones, told the BBC: “I don’t hold with it.

"I talk connected behalf of the Government, and we don’t hold with it.”

Mr Trump is acceptable to beryllium inaugurated aboriginal contiguous arsenic the 47th US President.

He and Mr Khan person clashed successful the past, including, successful 2019, erstwhile the American called the London Mayor a "stone acold loser".

Mr Trump wrote: "Sadiq Khan, who by each accounts has done a unspeakable occupation arsenic Mayor of London, has been foolishly 'nasty' to the visiting President of the United States, by acold the astir important state of the United Kingdom.

Darren Jones says the Government does not hold with Mr Khan (Image: Getty)

"He is simply a chromatic acold loser who should absorption connected transgression successful London, not me.

"Kahn [sic] reminds maine precise overmuch of our precise dumb and incompetent Mayor of NYC, de Blasio, who has besides done a unspeakable occupation - lone fractional his height.

"In immoderate event, I look guardant to being a large person to the United Kingdom, and americium looking precise overmuch guardant to my visit. Landing now."

A spokesperson for Mr Khan said astatine the clip that "childish insults should beryllium beneath the president of the United States".