Rolling coverage of all the day’s political developments, including President Obama’s visit to London and his press conference with David Cameron 11.51am BST DOMINIC RAAB, the justice minister who is campaigning for Brexit, told the Today programme this morning, that he thought President Obama’s call for the UK to stay in the EU amounted to “double standards”. He said: It is frankly wanton double standards because he is asking the British people to do something he wouldn’t dream of asking Americans. He wouldn’t dream of opening the US border to free movement from Mexico, he wouldn’t dream of allowing the American constitution to be trumped by a Latin American court with judges appointed by Venezuela, or Cuban judges. And his government right now is considering imposing security screening and new visa requirements on France, Belgium, Germany, Greece to protect the safety of American citizens. So I think Obama’s argument against Britain being able to take the power to take the same precautions is frankly absurd and we should politely but firmly say that whatever is good for the safety of American citizens must be good for the safety of British people. 11.45am BST Boris Johnson has come under further criticism for his comment about President Obama being “part-Kenyan”. DIANE ABBOTT, the shadow international development secretary, said Johnson’s language “reflects the worst Tea Pary rhetoric”. Many people will find Boris Johnson’s loaded attack on President Obama’s sincerity deeply offensive. If this is an illustration of the kind of diplomacy that we might expect from a Johnson leadership of the Tory Party then heaven help us. In truth this attack constitutes an unacceptable smear. Continue reading...
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