Sir Keir Starmer brands Trump 'frankly appalling' over British troops slur

Sir Keir Starmer today branded Donald Trump 'insulting and frankly appalling' as he led a chorus of fury over the US President's vile slur against British soldiers who fought and died in Afghanistan.The Prime Minister said the American leader should apologise for astonishing remarks belittling Nato's role in the conflict in a television interview that worsened the deepest transatlantic rift in decades.Politicians and military veterans reacted with outrage after the president told Fox News that Nato troops, including those from Britain, stayed 'a little off the front lines' during the war in Afghanistan.Some 457 British service personnel were killed in the conflict in Afghanistan, fighting alongside the US, and countless more were severely wounded.