Keir Starmer has suggested the US is trying to interfere in British democracy after JD Vance, the US vice-president, blamed the murder of the British teenager Henry Nowak on mass migration.

The prime minister’s office responded after the senior Republican politician claimed in a post on X that Nowak would be alive “if the last few generations of European elites had stood their ground against the politics of self-hatred and the mass invasion of migrants, many of whom despise the West and the people who love it”.

Downing Street did not name Vance directly but said its response to his comments was that “in recent days we have seen people trying to interfere in our democracy and seeking to stir up division on our streets”.

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      He took Netanyahu’s dick out of his mouth long enough to speak on the subject. That’s a lot for this spoiled head of cabbage

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      As much as I agree that he’s a useless waste of oxygen this isn’t actually his fault is it? The policing policy that the conservatives are complaining about was implemented by, drum roll please, the conservatives.

      They are once again whining about their own decisions. There’s a reason that Badenoch didn’t bring this up in PMQ’s.

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        Yes, but I think radical reforms have been needed since he took office haven’t happened. They’ve gone backwards in some cases.

        He has also broken ten of his election promises, IIRC. So I’m basically saying that when a laggard like himself complains, it has less credibility.