Moscow, Aug. 28 -- Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey has said that he will boycott a state banquet with US President Donald Trump over the latter's stance on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
"In three weeks' time, Trump will touch down in the UK for his second state visit, which will include a state banquet at Windsor Castle hosted by King Charles. One of the great privileges of being the leader of my party is that my wife, Emily, and I are invited to attend state banquets. To refuse an invitation like this goes against all of my instincts. But having thought and prayed long and hard about it with Emily, I have come to the conclusion that on this occasion I must refuse," Davey said in an article for The Guardian newspaper yesterday, adding ...