What has Britain's likely next prime minister said about Trump?

London — Labour Party lawmaker Andy Burnham, who looks increasingly likely to be Britain's next prime minister, has previously criticized President Trump, accusing the American leader of bringing "instability" to the world. Current Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Monday that he would resign in the wake of disastrous local elections in May, and 20 resignations from his government. As his Labour Party still has a large majority of seats in the U.K. parliament — won in the last national elections in 2024 — it gets to pick Starmer's replacement, and Burnham is widely expected to get the job . The new Member of the British Parliament (MP) for Makerfield, Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, reacts as he attends his swearing-in ceremony at the House of Commons in London, England, June 22, 2026. House of Commons/Handout/REUTERS If that happens as expected in the coming weeks, Burnham will, sooner or later, find himself on the phone with Mr. Trump, whose advisers will likely have scoured years of news articles for evidence of Burnham's views on the businessman-turned politician. So what has Burnham said about Mr. Trump? "A polarized, poisonous politics" In short, he has not been particularly complimentary. "The path we're on, if we are not careful, is a path towards the politics of the United States of America," Burnham warned on the campaign trail in June. …