Boris Johnson has refused to condemn Donald Trump's pledge to attempt to stop counting votes in the US election.
It comes after Donald Trump ’s claimed that he had won the US election and his threatened to go to the courts to stop votes being counted.
The Republican incumbent claimed there is a “fraud on the American nation” and said he would go to the Supreme Court to get vote counting stopped, as the nail-biting contest continued.
Mr Trump gave a speech in the White House to say there was a “massive fraud” in the election and accuse a “very sad group of people” of trying to disenfranchise his supporters.
“This is a fraud on the American public, this is an embarrassment to our country,” he said.
“We were getting ready to win this election – frankly we did win this election.
“So our goal now is to ensure the integrity for the good of this nation. This is a very big moment.
“We want the law to be used in a proper manner. So we will be going to the US Supreme Court, we want all voting to stop.”
The move had drawn condemnation across the world - with campaigners slamming the Mr Trump for his attempt to cling on to his post.
Opening PMQs while the eventual winner in Washinton was unclear, Mr Starmer
Keir Starmer : “It’s not for the candidate to decide which votes do and don’t count or when to stop counting. The next President must be the free and fair choice of the American people”.
But Mr Johnson refused to criticise the US President.
“Of course we don’t comment as a U.K. government on the democratic processes of our friend and allies," he told MPs.
But while Mr Johnson refused to stand up to Mr Trump, he did manage to crack a weak gag about the election.
He ribbed on about a “heavily contested election” result – before noting it was the first anniversary of Sir Lindsay Hoyle being elected Commons Speaker.
Mr Johnson told Prime Minister’s Questions: “The whole House is talking about the result of a heavily contested election, and indeed it is a year ago to the day Mr Speaker that you were elected Speaker.
“May I, on behalf of all members, wish you a very happy anniversary and thanks to you Mr Speaker for making the speakership great again.”
Neither candidate in the US race has achieved the 270 electoral college votes necessary for victory and counting is still underway in key battleground states.
