I Prayed Over Boycotting Trump State Banquet – Guido Fawkes

Davey: I Prayed Over Boycotting Trump State Banquet

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Ed Davey has declared he’s boycotting President Trump’s state banquet in mid-September, saying it’s the “only way to send a message to both Donald Trump and Keir Starmer that they cannot close their eyes and wish away the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.” An odd way to make yourself heard – by not turning up…

Unsurprisingly, Tories have accused him of “disrespecting the King”. Davey pushed back on the Today Programme:

“I’ve written to [the King] personally and the fact, as I say, that I’ve had to wrestle with it shows that no disrespect is meant to the King at all. I’ve thought and prayed about this, I really have.”

So after much soul-searching, Davey’s protest amounts to an empty seat at dinner. That’ll show the President…