Theresa May has moved to stop Nigel Farage interfering in the UK’s relationship with Donald Trump, as Downing Street prepares its own diplomatic offensive to smooth over relations with the US president-elect. Farage reacted with anger to the rejection, accusing the prime minister and her “ghastly apparatchiks” of betraying the national interest by refusing to capitalise on his good relationship with Trump. The comments come amid reports of a cabinet split in which some ministers urged May to use Farage’s links to Trump. George Osborne, the former chancellor, told ITV’s Agenda that there was no way May would be “contracting foreign policy out to Nigel Farage”. Nigel Adams, a Tory MP with strong links to senior US politicians, said May and her ministers were best placed to handle the relationship with Trump.

Source: The Guardian November 14, 2016 21:01 UTC