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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Lisa O'Carroll and Kiran Stacey

Lammy says Christianity and class give him common ground with JD Vance

David Lammy speaks into a microphone
David Lammy said of JD Vance: ‘We share a similar working class background with addiction issues in our family … We’ve talked about that.’ Photograph: Drew Angerer/AFP/Getty Images

David Lammy has said he is already engaging with Donald Trump’s controversial running mate, JD Vance, and can identify with him because of their common working class and Christian backgrounds.

The British foreign secretary was speaking just hours after the possible future US vice-president reiterated his “America first” views, pledging to the Republican national convention (RNC) that he would not send US soldiers to war abroad unnecessarily.

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