It was a strange collection of British political figures who turned up in Washington this week to witness the inauguration of Donald Trump for his second term as president. The Prime Minister was not invited (unsurprisingly – for all that the Labour government has been doing behind the scenes to try to undo the damage of past comments about Trump, Keir Starmer was never going to be top of an invite list that traditionally doesn’t include world leaders anyway). Nor was Kemi Badenoch.
Instead, the British contingent consisted of two former Tory prime ministers (Boris Johnson and Liz Truss), one current Conservative MP who has been sidelined by her colleagues (Suella Braverman), and one leader of an insurgent right-wing party (Nigel Farage, of course). It’s a curious bunch for contemplating what is happening on the right of UK politics.
Content from our partners
