'A toxic political force': Westminster wary of Trump's visit just days before election, analysts say
just 10 days before Britons head to the ballot box could spell trouble for Prime Minister Boris Johnson, political analysts told CNBC.president, who is scheduled to arrive in London on Monday, is likely to be pressed to comment on a range of hyper-sensitive political issues — ranging from the National Health Service to prospective trade talks.
The sitting prime minister also said he would walk out of trade talks with the U.S. if the health service was a pre-condition to negotiations.Trump has typically been unafraid to comment on a wide range of U.K. election issues, with Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn often quick to use the U.S. president's praise of Johnson as a key attack line against the Conservatives.
Opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn poses with NHS workers holding documents regarding the Conservative government's UK-US trade talks in London after a press conference on November 27, 2019.A lot of external commentators have offered their opinion on U.K. politics in recent weeks, Oxenford said, citing the outgoing European Council President Donald Tusk and former U.S. presidential candidate Hilary Clinton.On a state visit to the U.K. earlier this year, the U.S.
"Sometimes he says it will be on the table in trade talks, sometimes he says it won't be on the table. This confusion gives Labour an opportunity to use it as a good attack line," Oxenford said.Corbyn has warned a Conservative-led trade deal with the U.S. could drive up the price of medicines, warning Johnson's party would sell-off parts of the health service to U.S. business after Brexit."Trump doesn't have a filter.
However, despite its recognition as one of Britain's most cherished institutions, problems associated with the NHS remain a regular feature of public discourse. "He is generally an unpopular figure in the U.K. so Johnson won't want to embrace him — but he can't ignore him either."
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