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McFadden tactfully says Trump incorrect astir law rule successful London, calling remark 'misreading of our awesome capital'
In his interviews this greeting Pat McFadden, nan activity and pensions secretary, besides dismissed Donald Trump’s mendacious declare yesterday that Sadiq Khan is introducing law rule successful London, wherever he is nan Labour mayor.
Some Labour MPs person reacted very angrily to nan claim, which Trump made successful nan people of a provacative and rambling speech to nan United Nations, accusing nan president of Islamophobia.
But McFadden dismissed it much diplomatically, almost laughing it off.
Asked connected BBC Breakfast what he thought of Trump’s law rule claim, McFadden replied:
Well, I’m present astatine Selhurst Park successful southbound London wherever we don’t person law law, we person British law.
It’s a awesome superior metropolis that we have. I deliberation it’s a awesome plus to nan UK. And I’m acrophobic I disagree from nan president connected that.
McFadden besides said Trump had had “a bully authorities visit”.
Asked again astir nan law rule claim, McFadden said:
I conscionable deliberation it’s a misreading of our awesome superior city.
In a abstracted question and reply pinch Times Radio, McFadden said Trump and Khan had “had a beef for immoderate years”.
Last nighttime Emily Thornberry, nan chair of nan Commons overseas affairs committee, joined those Labour MPs condemning Trump much robustly complete this. She posted this on societal media.
I’ve known @SadiqKhan for complete 30 yrs. He’s a feminist, a socialist & an LGBTQ+ ally. I’m truthful proud he’s our London mayor. For nan record, he’s arsenic willing successful introducing Sharia Law to London arsenic I americium - i.e. 0%. Those who propose different are deluded, aliases person a v sinister agenda.
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Farage declines to backmost UK nationalist wellness leaders who opportunity Trump incorrect to declare nexus betwixt paracetamol and autism
Nigel Farage, nan Reform UK leader, has declined to backmost UK aesculapian leaders who opportunity that Donald Trump was incorrect to nexus paracetamol to autism.
In an question and reply connected LBC, Farage claimed that he had “no idea” whether aliases not nan president was correct erstwhile said that taking paracetamol during a gestation could lead to a kid having autism.
Trump’s declare has been wide dismissed arsenic unfounded, aliases moreover dangerous, by nationalist wellness organisations and experts astir nan world.
Yesterday nan Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency in nan UK said:
There is nary grounds that taking paracetamol during gestation causes autism successful children.Paracetamol remains nan recommended symptom alleviation action for pregnant women erstwhile utilized arsenic directed.
But, erstwhile Farage was asked by LBC’s Nick Ferrari if he thought Trump’s comments were right, he replied:
I person nary idea… you know, we were told thalidomide was a secure supplier and it wasn’t. Who knows? Nick, I don’t know, you don’t know.
He [Trump] has a peculiar point astir autism, I deliberation because there’s been immoderate successful his family, he feels it very personally. I person nary idea.
Asked if he would broadside pinch aesculapian experts connected this issue, Farage replied:
When it comes to science, I don’t broadside pinch anybody. I don’t broadside pinch anybody because subject is ne'er settled, and we should retrieve that.
Farage’s reference to thalidomide will beryllium seen arsenic scaremongering. Thalidomide was sold arsenic a sedative successful nan precocious 1950s, but it was quickly linked to commencement defects and withdrawn from wide waste aft astir 4 years. Paracetamol has been successful usage for astir 70 years, and repeated studies person said that that it is safe for pregnant women.
Farage has adopted a akin position successful nan past connected world warming – refusing to judge nan overwhelming master statement that ambiance alteration is real, connected nan grounds that nan subject is disputed.
He is besides usually reluctant to criticise Trump, whom he counts arsenic a friend and who’s anti-immigration nationalist populism is aligned to Reform UK’s.
But, successful nan LBC interview, Farage did not endorse what Trump claimed astir law rule being established successful London.
Farage said nan president should beryllium taken seriously, but not literally. He went on:
Is [Trump] correct to opportunity that law is an rumor successful London? Yes. Is it an overwhelming rumor astatine this stage? No.
McFadden tactfully says Trump incorrect astir law rule successful London, calling remark 'misreading of our awesome capital'
In his interviews this greeting Pat McFadden, nan activity and pensions secretary, besides dismissed Donald Trump’s mendacious declare yesterday that Sadiq Khan is introducing law rule successful London, wherever he is nan Labour mayor.
Some Labour MPs person reacted very angrily to nan claim, which Trump made successful nan people of a provacative and rambling speech to nan United Nations, accusing nan president of Islamophobia.
But McFadden dismissed it much diplomatically, almost laughing it off.
Asked connected BBC Breakfast what he thought of Trump’s law rule claim, McFadden replied:
Well, I’m present astatine Selhurst Park successful southbound London wherever we don’t person law law, we person British law.
It’s a awesome superior metropolis that we have. I deliberation it’s a awesome plus to nan UK. And I’m acrophobic I disagree from nan president connected that.
McFadden besides said Trump had had “a bully authorities visit”.
Asked again astir nan law rule claim, McFadden said:
I conscionable deliberation it’s a misreading of our awesome superior city.
In a abstracted question and reply pinch Times Radio, McFadden said Trump and Khan had “had a beef for immoderate years”.
Last nighttime Emily Thornberry, nan chair of nan Commons overseas affairs committee, joined those Labour MPs condemning Trump much robustly complete this. She posted this on societal media.
I’ve known @SadiqKhan for complete 30 yrs. He’s a feminist, a socialist & an LGBTQ+ ally. I’m truthful proud he’s our London mayor. For nan record, he’s arsenic willing successful introducing Sharia Law to London arsenic I americium - i.e. 0%. Those who propose different are deluded, aliases person a v sinister agenda.
Pat McFadden dismisses Tory claims that Morgan McSweeney misled elections watchdog
Good morning. Pat McFadden has been connected media information duties this morning. He is now activity and pensions secreratary, and his interviews (conducted from Selhurst Park) were ostensibly astir an announcement astir premier convention shot clubs getting progressive successful a £25m description of nan younker hubs programme.
In his aged job, arsenic chancellor of nan duchy of Lancaster, McFadden was successful effect nan “minister for nan Today programme”, nan No 10 fig sent retired to hose down nan media successful nan look of type scandals and problems and location was rather a spot of that going connected this morning. He was asked astir Donald Trump’s latest outburst. And he was asked astir nan Conservative allegations that Morgan McSweeney, nan PM’s main of staff, mislead nan elections watchdog complete donations to a Labour thinktank erstwhile nan statement was successful opposition.
The Tories person been banging distant astatine this for immoderate days, and past nighttime they escalated this, publishing a leaked email from a Labour lawyer to McSweeney implying that McSweeney was advised not to show nan Electoral Commission nan afloat reasons why donations were not declared. The Daily Mail has splashed nan story. Here is our version, by Pippa Crerar.
The communicative has not achieved mega lift-off – BBC Breakfast did not moreover inquire McFadden astir it – but connected Times Radio he was asked if he had assurance successful McSweeney, and McFadden replied:
Yes, I do. I worked pinch him very intimately connected nan predetermination campaign. He’s a personification of tremendous talent.
And connected nan Today programme McFadden was asked if he was 100% judge that McSweeney had done thing wrong. McFadden replied:
The Electoral Commission made a connection connected this past night, and they said that they’d looked into each these things immoderate years agone and they really didn’t person thing to adhd to it.
Look, I’m not amazed that nan Conservatives are trying to, onslaught personification who was very effective, who was an integral portion of Labour’s wide predetermination run past twelvemonth successful delivering nan Labour victory. And they don’t hap very often; they don’t autumn from nan sky. They require talented group to activity connected them. He did that, and he did it successful a very effective way.
Asked again if he was convinced that McSweeney did thing criminally wrong, McFadden said:
Look, I deliberation nan Electoral Commission person looked into that. They’ve said location is thing to adhd here. They are nan group really charged pinch policing nan rules astir declarations to nations and each nan remainder of that. And they looked into this arsenic acold back, I think, arsenic 2021.
I will station much from McFadden’s interviews shortly.
The Commons is successful recess, and Labour and nan Conservatives are some preparing for their statement conferences. Labour’s starts this weekend, and nan Tories’ nan week after. The governmental diary looks rather empty, but nan news ne'er stops, truthful thing will travel up.
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