Starmer unlikely to meet Harris before US election

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Posted on 10/24/2024 7:57:13 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Sir Keir Starmer is unlikely to meet Kamala Harris before the US presidential election in 12 days' time, Downing Street has indicated.

The prime minister met Republican nominee Donald Trump in New York last month, and suggested he wanted to do the same with Democrat Harris.

But Sir Keir is now in Samoa for a Commonwealth leaders' summit, as the US campaign enters its final stage before the poll on 5 November.

In recent days, there have been tensions between the Labour Party and the Trump campaign over Labour staffers who volunteered to campaign for Harris.

The Trump team have filed a complaint with the US elections watchdog, alleging the help broke US election rules on foreign interference.

The complaint, filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), claimed Labour had "made, and the Harris campaign has accepted, illegal foreign national contributions".

It also took issue with Sir Keir's chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, and Matthew Doyle, his director of communications, attending August's Democratic convention in Chicago.

It is understood from Labour officials that Labour met McSweeney’s costs, while Doyle was hosted by the Progressive Policy Institute, a US think tank.

But the officials said it would be wrong to suggest either man had advised or assisted the Harris campaign, adding that Labour sends a delegation to every Democratic convention.

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