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David Lammy yesterday vowed to find 'common cause' with Donald Trump as he performed a U-turn over his stance on the former president.

Labour's shadow foreign secretary boasted he has 'many friends in the Republican Party' and is considered a 'small-C Conservative' in some circles as he insisted he could work with Mr Trump if both are elected this year.

He even said Mr Trump's aggressive stance towards Nato members' defence spending was 'often misunderstood' and praised the fact more countries increased spending while he was in office.

The comments were in stark contrast to an article Mr Lammy wrote in 2018 for Time magazine in which he branded Mr Trump a 'woman-hating, neo-Nazi-sympathising sociopath'.