London: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer rejected Donald Trump’s recent affirmation on Thursday that there was pressure to apply Islamic Sharia law in London, calling it “nonsense” and defending the mayor of London Sadiq Khan in rare criticism of the President.
Trump earlier this week at the United Nations made a radical criticism of immigration policies in Europe. He distinguished the British capital, saying “now they want to go to Sharia law” and call Khan a “terrible and terrible mayor”.
“The idea of the introduction of Sharia law is a nonsense and Sadiq Khan is a very good man,” said Starmer Itv london. He added that there are few things on which he does not agree with Trump, “but I am very clear, it is one of them”.
Khan, who represents Starmer’s Starmer’s Labor Party in 2016, became the first Muslim to be elected mayor of London. He has since won two other mayor’s elections and has the greatest personal mandate of any British politician.
The comments of the American president at the General Assembly were the last of a long -standing public quarrel between Trump and Khan which dates back to at least 2017, when Khan criticized Trump for initiating a ban on a number of Muslim countries mainly.
Starmer, self -proclaimed technocrat and socialist, and Trump, a proudly unpredictable Republican, have generally overcome their differences to develop a good working relationship.
Trump’s review of Trump only took place on Tuesday after having greeted the American-British relationship during an unprecedented state visit to Great Britain which involved Royal Pomp, including a transport tour and a white gear banquet.
Khan responded to Trump’s comments this week by accusing him of being “racist, sexist, misogynist and Islamophobic”. He stressed that data showing that a record number of Americans settles in Great Britain.
