British PM Johnson to Trump: keep out of UK election

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS NOVEMBER 29, 2019 / 4:16 AM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO

British PM Johnson to Trump: keep out of UK election

Guy Faulconbridge, Andrew MacAskill
3 MIN READ

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday it would be “best” if U.S. President Donald Trump does not get involved in Britain’s election when he visits London for a NATO summit next week.

Trump waded into the election in October by saying opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn would be “so bad” for Britain and that Johnson should agree on a pact with Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage.

On Friday, a senior Trump administration official told reporters that Trump is “absolutely cognizant of not, again, wading into other country’s elections.”

But senior Conservatives are nervous that Trump could upset the campaign when in London, just over a week before the Dec. 12 election, which polls indicate Johnson is on course to win.

“What we don’t do traditionally as loving allies and friends, what we don’t do traditionally, is get involved in each other’s election campaigns,” Johnson, 55, told LBC radio.

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[dewsgirl]

1. How embarrassing.

Link to tweet

[Celerity]

2. everything Rump touches dies, so lets hope in this case it is the fucking Tories

[murielm99]

3. I truly did LOL at this sign.

I love the British.