Sending King on state visit a “humiliation”

EMBARGO: Immediate Release

Responding to confirmation that the King will make a second state visit to the US, Ed Davey, Leader of the Liberal Democrats, said: 

“The Prime Minister is showing a staggering lack of backbone by pushing ahead with this state visit while Donald Trump treats our country with contempt.

“To send the King on a state visit to the US after Trump dismissed our Royal Navy as ‘toys’ is a humiliation, and a sign of a government too weak to stand up to bullies.

“What appalling thing does Trump have to do next to make the Government see sense and cancel the state visit?”

ENDS