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David Lammy is in the firing line over comments he made in the past about Donald Trump. The Foreign Secretary was quizzed this morning on BBC Breakfast about his past attacks on the presidential candidate – particularly when Lammy called Trump a 'neo-Nazi sympathising sociopath'. What a charmer... Instead of showing contrition, the Foreign Secretary opted to go on the defensive – telling presenter Naga Munchetty: 'You're going to struggle to find any politician who has not had things to say about Donald Trump in his first term.' He went on: You would have struggled with our last foreign secretary David Cameron, who described him as a xenophobe and a misogynist. You would struggle with the vice-presidential candidate that he selected, who has also had things to say.

Today's King's Speech was filled to the brim with bills – the most jam-packed since 2005. While Sir Keir can't be accused of submitting a lightweight list of announcements, some of his political opponents have been quick to criticise. One of these is former prime minister Liz Truss, who is particularly displeased about how much her own name came up in Labour's legislative agenda. Within half an hour of the announcement, Truss took to Twitter with a scathing post about Starmer's plans. Slamming the Prime Minister for having 'no idea about the change Britain needs', the former Conservative leader blasted today's speech for expanding 'the power of the unelected state' and increasing 'red tape'. Oo er. https://twitter.

What is it with Marjorie Taylor Greene and the Brits? First, she advised the-then Foreign Secretary David Cameron to 'kiss my ass.' Then, she told ex-BBC star Emily Maitlis to 'go f**k off'. And now she has pinned the blame for the Trump assassination attempt on, er, British broadcasters at Times Radio. Clearly the spirit of 1776 is alive and well with this one... In an interview with Times Radio reporter Jo Crawford at the Republican National Convention, Greene bristled at criticism of Trump's pick for vice-president, JD Vance. After Crawford asked about Vance previously likening Trump to Hitler, Greene snapped and suggested that the reason 'I have some of the most highest amount of death threats [is] because of people like you.

Oh dear. The National is renowned for neither grace nor charm and Saturday's front page was no exception. Scotland's only pro-independence newspaper sparked outrage this weekend after it splashed a rather, er, creative cartoon across its cover a day ahead of the Euros final. When the Jocks failed to progress through the tournament – instead claiming the record for the most consecutive eliminations from the group stage – the august journal that is the National turned its attention to anglo-baiting instead. Quelle surprise... The day before England played Spain in the finals, the Nat-obsessed journal decided to depict a rather large red-faced, bare-chested, tattooed England fan as a football being launched into the air by Spanish midfielder Rodri. 'Time for revenge!

Oh dear. It's a day ending in 'y' which means Joe Biden has caused another diplomatic incident. As the gaffe-prone president battles to convince Democrats to stick with him for another four years, the aging octogenarian slipped up again when speaking today at the Nato 75th anniversary summit in Washington DC. This year's jamboree is partly dedicated to the defence of Ukraine, with world leaders lining up to praise the country's struggle against Moscow's aggression. So it was especially unfortunate then that, when introducing President Zelensky, Joe Biden accidentally referred to him as, er, President Putin. Yes, that's right – when welcoming Ukraine's head of state, the leader of the free world introduced him instead as Kyiv's arch-enemy, to audible gasps from attendees in the room.

Another day, another drama. This time Sir Patrick Vallance is in the limelight, after attacking Brexit on the BBC. The new science minister – and former scientific adviser to the government – has given a rather curious interview this afternoon in which he has slammed the decision to leave the EU and refuses to rule out free movement. Golly. Speaking to the Beeb today, the new peer started by telling his interviewer he was 'surprised' but 'honoured' to be asked to be the science minister by Sir Keir Starmer. The conversation then took a rather, um, bizarre turn. Turning to the 'problem' of Brexit, Vallance said that visa rules should be eased for researchers, and added that UK needs to be part of an 'international' science community.