Lammy insists he could work with Vance as he plays down past comments on Trump

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Foreign Secretary David Lammy believes he will be able to find common ground with Donald Trump’s running mate even after he called Britain an “Islamist” country. “And we’re both Christians, so I think I can find common ground with JD Vance.” You’ll struggle to find anyone who hasn’t had things to say about Donald Trump David Lammy, Foreign Secretary He also said he could work with Mr Trump despite having previously called him a “neo-Nazi-sympathising sociopath”. “You’ll struggle to find anyone who hasn’t had things to say about Donald Trump,” Mr Lammy said, adding that even Mr Vance had used some “choice language” to describe his running mate. He said: “So in a grown-up world, in the national interests of this country, of course, if the American people choose Donald Trump as their president we will work as closely with him as we can, and we will seek to influence him where we disagree.” The Foreign Secretary said former prime minister Boris Johnson did not tell him before he met Mr Trump this week on the fringes of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.