The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said: “The UK is a fair, tolerant and decent country. He previously used his X social media platform to start a war of words with the Government over grooming gangs in the UK. Sir Keir Starmer condemned the use of the flag as a symbol of “violence, fear and division” in a statement at the weekend. Sir Ed also said he had written to the Prime Minister, Opposition leader Kemi Badenoch and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage over the weekend, urging them to join him in condemning the “dangerous” remarks. Asked about the language on Monday, Mr Farage said the “context” in which the words had been used left a “degree of ambiguity”.
