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Morning Call: Labour’s new foreign policy divide

Events are exposing tensions between “America-first realists” and “Europe-first realists”.

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Jan 12, 2026
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Good morning. Is the UK poised to ban X? The Technology Secretary Liz Kendall, who has said she will back Ofcom if it takes such action over Grok’s sexually explicit deepfakes, will give a statement to MPs this afternoon. By way of reprisal, Freddie reports, the US could sanction British officials.

This is just one instance of the fraught collision betwe…

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