Starmer staff held back laughter during first Trump call over ‘fat fox’ comments

Keir Starmer having a later phone chat with Trump about the US trade deal (Picture: Alberto Pezzali – WPA Pool/Getty Images)Sir Keir Starmer’s one-time chief of staff has revealed how a Donald Trump diatribe over fat Scottish foxes almost derailed his first call with the PM.Morgan McSweeney, who left Downing Street earlier this year amid anger over the Peter Mandelson scandal, was in the room for many of Starmer’s big moments as Labour leader.In his first ever public interview