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Kemi Badenoch calls Trump’s repeated criticisms of Starmer ‘childish’
Politics•March 17, 2026 at 7:28 PMNational

Kemi Badenoch calls Trump’s repeated criticisms of Starmer ‘childish’

By Peter Walker Senior political correspondent•The Guardian - UK News

Tory leader says US president’s words ‘completely wrong’ as she tries to distance herself from his war on IranKemi Badenoch has called Donald Trump’s repeated criticisms of Keir Starmer “childish”, as the Conservative leader continued her recent moves to distance herself from the US president and his military action against Iran.Speaking shortly before Trump yet again singled out Starmer, saying the prime minister had not been sufficiently supportive of the US war, Badenoch used a social media video to describe Trump’s actions as counterproductive. Continue reading...

Tory leader says US president’s words ‘completely wrong’ as she tries to distance herself from his war on Iran

Kemi Badenoch has called Donald Trump’s repeated criticisms of Keir Starmer “childish”, as the Conservative leader continued her recent moves to distance herself from the US president and his military action against Iran.

Speaking shortly before Trump yet again singled out Starmer, saying the prime minister had not been sufficiently supportive of the US war, Badenoch used a social media video to describe Trump’s actions as counterproductive.

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