Senior Labor figures strongly rejected comments by Vance, who said under Labor Britain could become the first “truly Islamist country” armed with nuclear weapons
Anger has caused in London the statement by Donald Trump’s vice-presidential nominee, Jay Dee Vance, that “with Labor, Britain can to become the first truly Islamic nuclear-armed country.”
Senior Labor Party figures have strongly rejected comments by Trump’s vice-presidential nominee, who said that under Labor, Britain could become the first nuclear-armed “truly Islamist country”.
Vance, a senator from Ohio who was recently announced as Trump’s 2024 running mate, made the controversial statement at the National Conservative Conference in Washington earlier this month.
“I have to mention the UK – just one more thing. I was talking with a friend recently and we were talking about, you know, one of the great dangers in the world, of course, is the proliferation of nuclear weapons, although, of course, the Biden administration is not interested in that,” he said according to Anadolu.
“And I was talking about, you know, who’s going to be the first truly Islamist country to get nuclear weapons, and we were like, maybe it’s Iran, you know, maybe Pakistan is already kind of counting, and then we finally decided maybe it’s actually the UK since Labor just took over,” he said.
Angela Rayner, the British government’s deputy prime minister, responded to the comments in an interview with the ITV television network, saying: “I don’t recognize that characterization. I am very proud of Labour’s recent electoral success. We won votes in many different communities, across the country, and we are interested in governing on behalf of Britain and also working with our international allies.”
Reiner also noted that Vance has done “a lot of controversial things in the past” and expressed her willingness to meet with him and Trump if they win the upcoming US election.
Finance Minister James Murray also told Sky News: “I don’t know what led to that comment, to be honest. I mean in Britain, we’re very proud of our diversity.”
It is noted that Labor maintains a more tolerant stance on immigration, which the former US president disapproves of. After his election, new Prime Minister Keir Starmer confirmed the end of the Sunak government’s Rwanda plan to deport migrants, saying it was “dead and buried”.
Source :Skai
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