Sir Keir Starmer has refused to be drawn into a trans-Atlantic spat after Home Office minister Angela Eagle claimed that Republican Presidential hopeful Donald Trump emboldened racists in the UK. Eagle took aim at Trump this week when, at Labour’s annual conference, she said it was difficult for new immigrants to “rise above the constant drumbeat of toxic anti-immigration, anti-immigrant rhetoric that has become emboldened, not only in Britain but across the western countries.” Singling out the 45th President by name, Eagle said: “I mean, Trump does the same. “If you look at some of the memes …
