The Labour Party has accused Donald Trump’s Secretary of State of trying to stop Jeremy Corbyn becoming prime minister. Mike Pompeo was caught on tape telling Jewish leaders that he would “push back” against the party leadership.
In a recording leaked to The Washington Post, Mr Pompeo was asked what he would do if Mr Corbyn were to become prime minister, after criticism of Labour’s handling of accusations of anti-Semitism in the party.
Mr Pompeo appeared to suggest he would seek to intervene before such an outcome could happen.
“It could be that Mr Corbyn manages to run the gauntlet and get elected,” he told the private meeting in New York this month. “You should know, we won’t wait for him to do those things to begin to push back. We will do our level best. It’s too risky and too important and too hard once it’s already happened.”
The comments drew complaints that US officials were meddling in British affairs.
Read the article in The Australian (from The Times).