LONDON: In a rare attack on the US president, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday dismissed Donald Trump’s recent claim that there was a campaign to implement Islamic Sharia law in London, calling it “nonsense” and defending London Mayor Sadiq Khan.
Trump made a broad attack on European immigration policies earlier this week at the United Nations. He referred to Khan as a “terrible, terrible mayor” and noted that “now they want to go to Sharia law” in the UK capital.
Starmer told ITV London, “Sadiq Khan is a very good man, and the idea of introducing Sharia law is nonsense.” “But I’m very clear, this is one of them,” he continued, adding that there aren’t many issues with Trump.
