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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

Only grant Trump a UK state visit if he agrees to Ukraine summit, say Lib Dems

Ed Davey speaking in front of a lectern with a Lib Dem logo and the slogan 'for a fair deal' on it
Ed Davey speaking in London on Thursday. He has also called for the UK to seek a new customs union with the EU. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA

Britain should offer Donald Trump a state visit only on the condition he agrees to a sit-down summit with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as part of an openly transactional US-UK relationship with the returning president, Ed Davey has said.

In a speech in which the Liberal Democrat leader also called for the UK to seek a new customs union with the EU to help insulate itself from the potential impacts of Trump’s second presidency, Davey said that while the US leader could not be trusted, he could also very much not be ignored.

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