Tag: James Cleverly

The Foreign Secretary backed Israel’s right to self defence but condemned police violence at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque.

'The Palace is saying the decision to have that meeting was a decision for Downing Street. You've just told Sky that the decision was for the Palace. So who's right?'

James Cleverly was responding to SNP MP Richard Thomson, who asked him about the impact of Brexit, exactly three years since the UK left the EU.

Annalena Baerbock’s appeal to find a solution to the deadlock came as she was due to meet Foreign Secretary James Cleverly.

Many have praised the interviewer for holding James Cleverly to account over workers wages, international trade deals and more. Watch here.

Labour’s shadow culture secretary Lucy Powell described the comments as "shockingly tone deaf".

"I don't recall her saying she was going to tank the economy, Foreign Secretary, I must have been out that day."

The landmark trade agreement was expected to be concluded by Diwali on October 24th with Narendra Modi travelling to the UK to mark the occasion.

Under pressure from Tory MPs to reverse direction, the chancellor was compelled to make an embarrassing climbdown.