Rudd tells Trump critics: focus on 'bigger picture' of UK-US relations

Home secretary responds to urgent Commons question after US president tweets videos posted by Britain First

Amber Rudd has told MPs Donald Trump was wrong to retweet propaganda from the far-right group Britain First, but told his critics to remember the “bigger picture” of the UK’s close relationship with the US.

The home secretary was giving a statement in response to an urgent question in the House of Commons tabled by Labour backbencher Stephen Doughty, about “the activities of Britain First, online hate speech and the sharing of inflammatory content online by the president of the United States, Donald Trump”.

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