Donald Trump playbook explains why Boris Johnson can’t answer questions of trust – Andrew Vine

The most mendacious US President since Richard Nixon has made downright lies, half-truths, fake news and dirty tricks his way of governing as the world’s most powerful democratically-elected leader.

This means he’d probably grin appreciatively at the way some of our politicians are behaving, because their tactics are straight out of his playbook. Even though he’s mired in hearings to impeach him, the Trump way of doing things continues unabated as he attends the Nato summit in London to mark its 70th anniversary. Every week brings new claims of underhand tactics against political opponents.

Political leaders must be more respectful to unite country and make Parliament less polarised - Tom Richmond

Little wonder that Boris Johnson has spent the past few days scrambling to distance himself from a president he has hitherto been only too happy to be associated with. A strange world it is indeed where the endorsement of a US President is electorally poisonous for a Prime Minister.

Jeremy Corbyn has overtaken Prince Andrew for title of biggest car crash interview of 2019 - Bill Carmichael

That’s because it underlines how closely his own party’s election tactics mirror those of the president. There has been disinformation and the manipulation of images. Worse, there have been downright lies.