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A political commentator has suggested Donald Trump will use Nigel Farage as his “UK link” following the general election result.Speaking to GB News about the new Labour government, Theo Usherwood claimed that new foreign secretary David Lammy will find it “very difficult” to work with Mr Trump if he wins the US presidency in November.“I think it’s going to be very, very difficult for Labour, and I think it’s going to cause real friction,” he said.“Especially with the election of Nigel Farage, Donald Trump doesn’t care about formalities. He doesn’t do the playbook that Whitehall in London will want. He won’t go through No 10.” More

Kwasi Kwarteng has refused to rule out a comeback from himself or Liz Truss.The former chancellor, who last week appeared to take the blame for the Tory general election defeat, admitted he has “exchanged one or two Whatsapps” with the former prime minister in recent days.Ms Truss – who lost her seat in the vote – is best known for her short-lived tenure in No 10, when she devised the disastrous mini-budget with Mr Kwarteng.Speaking on Good Morning Britain on Monday 8 July, Mr Kwarteng suggested a comeback could be on the cards.“Let’s see… can’t rule anything in or out,” he said. More

A former Tory minister has suggested there was “little appetite” for a Labour government at the general election.Kevin Hollinrake, the former postal affairs minister, told Good Morning Britain that the Conservatives will be “in good shape” to challenge Sir Keir Starmer come 2029.“One very good thing for us, in terms of the result from last week, was that there was very little appetite for a Labour government,” he said.“There is very little appetite for Keir Starmer.”GMB host Susanna Reid suggested Mr Hollinrake’s claim was “remarkable” as she pointed out Labour won a huge landslide. More

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has today (Sunday 7 July) detailed the new border control policy the Labour government is set to implement after scrapping the controversial Rwanda Bill.Saying “nobody should be making these boat crossings”, Ms Cooper, who was made Home Secretary on Friday (5 July), explained that the UK needs “a major upgrade in law enforcement”:“We are immediately launching the process to recruit the new border security commander, but also to make sure we have new cross-border police and to get new counter-terror powers in place.”After chairing his first cabinet meeting as prime minister yesterday, Sir Keir Starmer announced that the Rwanda deportation plan “was dead and buried before it started.” More

Emma Raducanu has been knocked out of Wimbledon by qualifier Lulu Sun today (Sunday 9 July), losing her chance to move to the quater-finals for the first time. The 21-year-old was beaten 6-2 5-7 6-2 by her New Zealand opponant, who is ranked the 123rd tennis player in the world.The last British player in the singles, she also pulled out of the mixed-doubles with Andrew Murray on Saturday, bringing the two-time World Champion’s career to a sudden end.She pulled out on account of “stiffness” in her wrist, following last summer when she had surgery to removed growths of bone from her hands that were causing the star pain. More

The UK’s youngest MP was praised by BBC Breakfast hosts for “batting back” their questions on life experience during an interview on Sunday morning (7 July).Sam Carling, who has been elected Labour MP for North West Cambridgeshire, narrowly won the seat with Conservative candidate Shailesh Vara just 39 votes behind.He is just 22 years old.During an appearance on the BBC, Mr Carling was asked how he will offer “real-world experience” to the House of Commons.“I always get a little bit frustrated when people mention life experience, because no one has yet to explain to me why being older makes you better at the job,” he responded.After a quick back and forth with presenter Roger Johnson, Mr Carling suggested they were “going round in circles” and was praised for “batting back”. More

Jeremy Corbyn claimed Labour lost votes in the general election over the war in Gaza.The independent MP for Islington North attended a pro-Palestinian march in central London on Saturday (6 July).The former Labour leader told protesters on stage: “Palestine was on the ballot in this election – and I promise to stay true to my word to stand up for the Palestinian people.”Mr Corbyn also suggested the pro-Palestinian marches had directly influenced the results of the general election.He said: “The Labour vote was lower on Thursday than it was in 2019 and 2017, and Labour lost seats to independents – five independents were elected.“The common thread running through their campaigns was Gaza.” More