Boris Johnson said there was “nothing wrong with waking up” but postponed whether the term would apply to Joe Biden, after Lisa Nandy of Labor said the US president had won on a platform of progressive values has.
The prime minister, who watched the inauguration on television in Downing Street, said the election of Biden was a “fantastic thing … for a country that has been through a bumpy period”, in a coded critique of Donald Trump see government.
Johnson also declined to answer questions about whether Biden saw him as a clone of Trump and whether the UK needed to work to rebuild trust, as his predecessor Theresa May wrote in an article on Wednesday.
“It is clear that this is the job of all British Prime Ministers who have a close working relationship with the President of the United States, and if you look at what unites me and Joe Biden, there is a fantastic joint agenda,” Johnson said in an interview with Sky News.
‘This is a fantastic thing for America, for a country that has been through a bumpy period, and for us and America it’s a great moment, we have things we want to do together, and we need to bounce back from Covid together. .
“Supporting NATO, which Joe and I strongly believe … and especially tackling climate change, is now really an opportunity for us. The UK was the first major country to pass for net zero by 2050, as many other countries, very important economies, followed suit, but not yet the US. We hope it will be the biggest, so in the run-up to Cop26 we will also be able to work with the US to achieve this. ”
In an earlier interview with the Guardian, Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs Lisa Nandy said Biden was an “awake guy” who proudly defended protesters protesting against the rights and Black Lives Matter, while also setting the agenda for economic recovery. She also criticized the prime minister for adopting Trump’s culture war tactics, including on statues and trans issues.
Asked if he believes Biden is “waking up”, Johnson said: “I can not comment on that … nothing wrong with waking up, but what I can tell you is that I is important … I would definitely like to put myself in the category of people who believe that it is important to stick to your history, your values and your traditions and things in which you believe. ”