Kemi Badenoch has flown to Washington DC to construct relations with the Republican Social gathering.
She’s going to maintain conferences with Republicans on Capitol Hill, however it’s unclear whether or not she’s going to meet with president-elect Donald Trump or his high advisers.
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The Conservative Social gathering chief would be the keynote speaker on the Worldwide Democracy Discussion board dinner on Thursday.
A Conservative Social gathering supply stated she’s going to meet representatives from “centre-right events”, however the particulars of her schedule is not going to be disclosed prematurely.
Kemi Badenoch, who was elected Conservative chief on 2 November, has not but met Donald Trump. A supply stated she desires to learn from her social gathering’s historic hyperlinks with the Republicans and construct ties with the brand new administration.
The Opposition chief used her first PMQs final month to push the prime minister on how Mr Trump’s election might impression defence spending and free commerce talks.
Mrs Badenoch additionally asked whether the foreign secretary had apologised to the president-elect for calling him a “neo-Nazi sympathising sociopath”.
Sir Keir Starmer stated this week his authorities will “by no means flip away” from its “particular relationship” with the US, and rejected any suggestion the UK should select between nearer ties with the US or European Union.
There are stories a second state go to is now into consideration because the Prime Minister tries to construct ties with the Republican Social gathering.
