Earlier this year Mr Lammy defended calling Mr Trump a neo-Nazi sociopath, saying all politicians had something to say about him “back in the day”. He also said he had met Mr Trump’s vice-president JD Vance and that the two men had “common ground”.

Foreign Secretary who previously described president-elect as a ‘neo-Nazi sympathising sociopath’ says he can build relationship with him

David Lammy has dismissed the row over his past criticisms of Donald Trump as “old news”.The foreign secretary has come under fire about his previous comments since Trump was re-elected US president this week.

When he was a backbench MP in 2018, David Lammy described Trump as a "tyrant" and "a woman-hating, neo-Nazi-sympathising sociopath". But in his first interview since Trump's victory, he told the BBC's Newscast podcast the president-elect was "someone that ...

How Foreign Secretary formed bond with Trump's running mate - and why president-elect got over those 'neo-Nazi sympathiser' tweets

Today, we speak to the Foreign Secretary David Lammy. Adam and Chris speak to him about the election of Donald Trump, whether he regrets calling him “deluded, dishonest, xenophobic, narcissistic” and what the government’s approach to the new US government will be.