The reason Britain rolls out the red carpet for Trump? It’s what Britain does | Nesrine Malik

I have bad news for the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. It is entirely British to welcome problematic allies

This time it’s a full-blown state visit, rather than the brief smash and grab when Donald Trump insulted Theresa May, beefed with Sadiq Khan, and triggered a domestic mini-culture war because of a blimp. The buildup to this week’s pageantry was trailed on Sky News with an advertisement featuring an animation of that Donald Trump blimp casting a shadow over London with the tag line “He’s back”, with ominous music accompanying it, as if the whole affair were some sort of comedy-horror Ghostbusters movie. We have skipped the tragedy part, of history repeating itself, and gone straight to the farce.

Hosting him right now is like asking your pugnacious neighbour over in the middle of your family row

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