Labour scrambles to slap down Sadiq Khan for ‘fascism’ blast hours before Trump’s inauguration

DOWNING Street contiguous slapped down Sadiq Khan for implying Donald Trump was a “fascist” connected the eve of his inauguration. 

Allies of Sir Keir Starmer scrambled to incorporate a caller enactment with the incoming US President sparked by the Labour London Mayor.

The PM’s narration with the MAGA medication is already shaky following a high-profile spat with Elon Musk and a fig of insults antecedently made by respective of his Cabinet.

Mr Khan risked inflaming tensions contiguous by suggesting Mr Trump is portion of “resurgent fascism haunting the West”.

He said: “The hard-right and far-right are connected the march. These are profoundly worrying times, particularly if you’re a subordinate of a number community.”

Asked astir the swipe connected the BBC this morning, Cabinet Minister Darren Jones said: “I don’t hold with it. I talk connected behalf of the government, and we don’t hold with it.”

The Treasury Chief Secretary added: “President-elect Trump won an tremendous predetermination triumph successful the United States.

As a democracy, we enactment ideology and the American radical elected Donald Trump and the Republican party.”

The Tories slammed Mr Khan for jeopardising Britain’s narration with our strongest ally. 

Shadow Foreign Secretary Dame Priti Patel said: “It's truly not for politicians successful different countries to commencement making disrespectful and disparaging comments astir President-elect Trump.”

“I'd impulse Keir Starmer's Government to measurement up to the sheet close now.

"Start good, strong, coagulated negotiations into interactions with the Trump government, alternatively than making disparaging remarks, arsenic we've conscionable heard from Sadiq Khan and erstwhile remarks that person been made by Labour ministers.”

Labour’s Mr Jones besides dismissed reports that Sir Keir’s prime for US Ambassador - Lord Peter Mandelson - could beryllium vetoed for the job. 

The PM has attempted to physique bridges with Trump, including gathering him for meal successful New York successful the autumn. 

He has besides been astatine pains to congratulate the MAGA strongman connected his predetermination victory, successful hopes Britain volition beryllium spared tariffs by the US.