Foreign policy set to dominate PMQs amid unease over deal with Mauritius and Trump’s Gaza comments
Priti Patel, the shadow foreign secretary, was also doing a media round this morning. She is arguably the most pro-Israeli Tory holding the Foreign Office brief for years, but she would not endorse President Trump’s plan for Gaza.
Like Steve Reed in his interviews (see 9.55am), she made a point of sounding postive about Trump – while rejecting the substance of what he was proposing.
We’re still in a ceasefire with three phases. We’re not through the first phase.
Coming to the rebuilding is, of course, phase three. Having a vision – and what we heard overnight absolutely sounds like a vision in terms of rebuilding, creating hope, opportunity, prosperity for the people of Gaza – that is obviously an end state.
I think we are a long way, if I may say so, from even speaking about new governance, new structures.
Clearly, this is an aspiration. These are discussions that must, must absolutely happen. But they’ve got to happen collectively. It’s not for one country to dictate what that’s going to look like. This is going to be a negotiation.
I think it’s right that I should share with you the UK Government’s view of what should happen.
It would be inappropriate for me to provide a running commentary on what Donald Trump says, or indeed any other world leader.
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