Prøve GULL - Gratis
Davey to boycott state banquet for Trump over Gaza
The Guardian
|August 28, 2025
The Liberal Democrat leader, Ed Davey, is to boycott King Charles's state banquet held in honour of Donald Trump to protest against the US president's failure to intervene decisively to end the war in Gaza.
Davey, who was invited to the dinner for Trump's state visit to the UK, said to turn down an invitation from King Charles "goes against all of my instincts" and that it was a deeply serious move to refuse to attend.
But he said he feared that unless he took a stand over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the lack of pressure on Israel from the US government, no one would raise the issue during the president's visit in late September.
Davey said: "Boycotting the state banquet is not something I ever wanted to do, but I believe it is the only way I can send a message to both Donald Trump and Keir Starmer that they cannot close their eyes and wish this away."
Denne historien er fra August 28, 2025-utgaven av The Guardian.
Abonner på Magzter GOLD for å få tilgang til tusenvis av kuraterte premiumhistorier og over 9000 magasiner og aviser.
Allerede abonnent? Logg på
FLERE HISTORIER FRA The Guardian
The Guardian
Messi shakes off penalty miss to reach landmark
It had to be Lionel Messi, it had to be on this day and perhaps it even needed to be in Dallas too. History was created in the way he knows best, a clinical left-footed flourish setting him out on his own as the World Cup's highest goalscorer of all time.
3 mins
June 23, 2026
The Guardian
Amsterdam officials offer tips on keeping homes cool
Households in Amsterdam are being urged to hang curtains outside their windows as health experts recommend simple hacks to moderate the heatwave rolling across the Netherlands.
1 mins
June 23, 2026
The Guardian
Lions unleashed Tuchel brings The Surge to make England a threat
Head coach has thrown off Southgate the baggage of the era and wants players using energy in the right spaces to get the best out of Kane, who is in the form of his life.
5 mins
June 23, 2026
The Guardian
Met Office issues ‘risk to life’ warning for extreme heat over next two days
Met Office forecasters have issued a rare red weather warning for tomorrow and Thursday in the face of extreme heat and humidity, while a red heat health alert has been issued in England indicating ‘a risk to life for even the healthy population’.
1 mins
June 23, 2026
The Guardian
Far-right millionaire and Trump admirer wins Colombia's presidential election
A Trump-admiring far-right millionaire lawyer and self-styled “outsider” has defeated a leftwing senator by a razor-thin margin to win Colombia’s presidential runoff in an election that promises to lead to a dramatic shift in the country’s decades-long armed conflict.
3 mins
June 23, 2026
The Guardian
Starmer bows out ... as Burnham swoops in
Burnham could become prime minister by 16 July as momentum grows. | Miliband may be next chancellor as Burnham starts to draw up policy plans.
5 mins
June 23, 2026
The Guardian
Starmer's green record is strong - but fears of losing voters to the right weakened his plans
Keir Starmer has faced a problem no Labour government has needed to deal with before. His energy and climate policies - core to solving the cost of living crisis - have come under attack from opposition parties, which have made dismantling the agenda one of their top priorities, second only to immigration, in their pitch to voters.
2 mins
June 23, 2026
The Guardian
Rise and fall From historic landslide to PM without a story to tell
Historians will puzzle over this one. Of the six prime ministers who have led Britain over the last decade, with a seventh now on the way, it will be the fall of Keir Starmer that will most perplex the political analysts of the future.
8 mins
June 23, 2026
The Guardian
Varela keeps Cape Verde dream alive but Uruguay fear disaster
Wow. The continuation of Cape Verde’s fairytale may have serious repercussions for Marcelo Bielsa and Uruguay.
3 mins
June 23, 2026
The Guardian
‘Only travel if absolutely essential’ Trains cancelled and speed limits imposed
Rail passengers have been told to only attempt to travel if ‘absolutely essential’ and check trains are running, with extreme heat expected to disrupt services around Britain.
1 mins
June 23, 2026
Listen
Translate
Change font size