Sister Kemi Shines With Trump In First Prime Minister’s Question Time (Video)

With Nigerians still in dilemma over newly elected Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch’s attachment to their country, she has made herself into a darling of their party members with her first incisive performance at Prime Minister’s Question Time following the election of Donald Trump as US president.

Kemi Badenoch has embarrassed the Labour Party government by asking Prime Minister Keir Starmer to pressure over derogatory remarks by Foreign Secretary David Lammy about the newly elected United States president, Donald Trump.

In her first outing as Conservative Party leader during Prime Minister’s Question Time, Kemi Badenoch pressed Stammer over the comments previously made by Lammy where he dismissed Trump in a magazine article as a bigot.

GWG.ng reports that Lammy had in the magazine article described Trump as a “woman-hating, neo-Nazi-sympathising sociopath.”

While asking Starmer if Lammy had apologised over the comments, Kemi Badenoch asked on Thursday:

“The prime minister and the foreign secretary met him [Mr Trump] in September.

“Did the foreign secretary take that opportunity to apologise for making derogatory and scatological references, including, and I quote, ‘Trump is not only a woman-hating Neo-Nazi sympathising sociopath, he is also a profound threat to the international order’, and if he did not apologise, will the Prime Minister do so now on his behalf?”

While the prime minister sought to evade the question by insisting on working towards a constructive relationship with Mr Trump, the opposition leader pressed on, saying

The prime minister acknowledged that he and Mr Lammy had met Mr Trump in September for dinner, which he said had been a “very constructive exercise”.

“The prime minister did not distance himself from the remarks made by the foreign secretary, and I’m very sure that President Trump will soon be calling to thank him for sending all of those North London Labour activists to campaign for his opponent,” she said.

“Given that most of his cabinet signed a motion to ban President Trump from addressing parliament, will the prime minister show that he and his government can be more than student politicians by asking you, Mr Speaker, to extend an invitation to President Trump to address parliament on his next visit?”

Responding, Mr Starmer said:

“I thank the leader of the Opposition for giving a masterclass on student politics.

“But seriously, we live in probably a more volatile world than we’ve lived in for many decades.

“It is absolutely crucial that we have a strong relationship, that strong special relationship forged in difficult circumstances, between the US and the UK.

“We will continue to work as we have done in the four months in government.”

GWG.ng reports that Kemi Badenoch’s comments came against the background of the special relationship between Britain and the United States which could be tested with the emergence of Trump as president.

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