UK Labour Party accused of foreign interference over campaigning on behalf of Harris

    British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner arrive ahead of the Labour Party Conference, in Liverpool, England, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)

    The United Kingdom’s governing Labour Party is on shaky legal grounds over a plan to send 100 members to work on behalf of Harris’s campaign.

    Reports emerged on Thursday that a top Labour Party official is helping to arrange for roughly 100 current and former Labour staffers to canvass for Harris in key battleground states.

    Even though there does not appear to be involvement from British Prime Minister Keir Starmer or members of his government, an election lawyer told the Telegraph that the volunteers ran the risk of breaking election laws in the United States, opening the Harris campaign to sanctioning.

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