Lord Peter Mandelson has said the UK should use Nigel Farage and Elon Musk’s British “friends” as a “bridgehead” to build relations with Donald Trump’s incoming US administration.
The suggestion by the former business secretary, who is considered the frontrunner to be the UK’s ambassador to the US, is at odds with official government policy not to engage Farage in an international diplomatic capacity.
Mandelson described Farage, who is now an MP and leader of the Reform UK party, as “a bridgehead, both to President Trump and to Elon Musk and others”, saying the UK should “swallow your pride” and engage with the Tesla and X leader’s associates.
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