Burnham ‘needs to be Churchill, not Chamberlain’ over Israel, top Trump ally warns

The influential Senator said Burnham needs to emulate the wartime leader A powerful US Senator and top Trump ally has warned Andy Burnham not to implement sanctions against Israel. Senator Rick Scott told the Prime Minister he needs to be a ‘Churchill, not another Chamberlain’ as expectations grow that the UK will punish goods, services and senior figures linked to planned illegal Israeli settlements. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband pledged yesterday to ‘reset’ Britain’s policy on Israel and called new Israeli expansion efforts ‘the crossing of a red line’. However, officials will fear that Senator Scott’s public opposition to British sanctions reflects what the Trump administration thinks behind closed doors. Rick Scott is viewed as Trump’s most important ally in the US Senate (Picture: AP)