Latest updates: PM accused of not being critical enough of US president after Trump supporters storm Capitol in Washington
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Sir Kim Darroch, the former UK ambassador to the US, told the Today programme that Donald Trump was not fit to be president. Darroch said:
The scenes last night were appalling and difficult to imagine in America. Some of us though have been pointing out for a long time … this guy was not fit to be president, is not fit to be president, and he doesn’t respect any of the norms of presidential behaviour.
And what happened last night, there’s no question, was the result of days of inciting his supporters to turn up in Washington and demonstrate outside the Capitol.
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