Gordon Brown has warned Donald Trump that he no longer has the support of the American people.

The former prime minister, who resigned after Labour lost the 2010 general election, said the US president will face a “wake-up call” in November’s midterm elections in the US.

A defeat for the Republicans would be a huge blow for the president and make it virtually impossible for him to pass legislation in his final two years in office.

Speaking to the Rest Is Money podcast, Brown said voters in America are turning against Trump over his failure to tackle the rising cost of living.

He said: “I would say to [Trump] American public opinion is not with you anymore.”

Brown said a poll of 100,000 voters around the world for a new book he has written showed that “American people want to co-operate” with other nations, unlike the increasingly-isolationist Trump.

The former PM added: “In America, the Trump factor is still incredibly important, even though on affordability issues, he’s now losing support. So it’s the two together, it’s economic decline and civic decline.”

Around one in six Trump voters told pollsters from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst they would not vote for again while his overall approval rating has also declined to around 32%.

Trump’s decision to initiate a war against Iran in February – a move which continues to weigh on the global economy – remains deeply unpopular.

The president has also spent a lot of time picking fights with allies, as seen in his ongoing trade war with Canada, rather than on domestic affairs.

He has not focused on bringing down cost of living even though he campaigned on a promise to put “America First”.

Trump’s attempts to disrupt the world order is putting off his supporters, according to the ex-prime minister.

“They [Americans] want America to be engaged in persuasion and not coercion,” Brown said.

“America, which used to act multilaterally in a unipolar world, has got to be persuaded to act multilaterally in a multi-polar world. And the public of America are with us on this.”

He continued: “And I think the midterm elections may be a wake-up call that the Trump view of the world that it’s America first and only is something that is not actually held by the American people.

“And I would probably try and tell him that.”

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It turns out that tiny changes – minutes more exercise, a few grams more veggies – can make a surprisingly large difference to your longevity and heart attack risk.

And Dr Dominic Greenyer, a private GP at The Health Suite, said that those lifestyle changes become medically obvious in time.

“If you followed two twins over time, you would often see clear differences in their skin, body composition, energy levels and overall health depending on how they live,” Dr Greenyer said.

“Ageing is not just about time passing. It’s about how well the body is maintained.”

Here, he shared the five factors he feels make all the difference:

As we age, our muscles begin to wane – a process called sarcopenia. If we do nothing to maintain or build it, some research says we’re expected to lose half our muscle mass by 80.

“One of the biggest predictors of healthy ageing is muscle mass,” Dr Greenyer said.

“Chronic poor sleep can accelerate ageing at a cellular level,” Dr Greenyer said.

“It affects hormones, recovery, inflammation and even visible signs like skin quality.”

Experts think that following a “7-1” sleeping rule (getting at least seven hours of sleep a night, with no more than an hour’s variance between bedtimes and wake-up times) could add years to your life.

In and of itself, inflammation isn’t a problem – it can help our bodies to heal and may be an important part of muscle growth.

But “inflammaging” can occur when inflammation is chronic, and might contribute to conditions such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, dementia, and frailty.

It “is influenced by diet, stress, alcohol intake and overall lifestyle,” Dr Greenyer said.

Those who eat whole foods, stay active, and manage stress well may have less unwanted inflammation, he added.

This is the ability to respond well to changing metabolic demands. It allows you to switch between burning carbohydrates and fat; a more flexible metabolism is linked to better ageing.

“When this is impaired, people are more prone to energy crashes, fat gain and insulin resistance,” Dr Greenyer said. Exercise, eating well, and avoiding constant snacking may help, he added.

There’s lots of research to support the idea that enjoying ourselves – be it through socialising or even eating some candy – might help us to live longer.

“There is good evidence that polyphenol-rich foods such as dark chocolate can support cardiovascular health when consumed in moderation,” Dr Greenyer added. “Just as important is maintaining strong social connections, which are consistently associated with longer lifespan and better mental wellbeing.”

He ended, “The difference comes from small choices repeated over years – but they should still allow you to enjoy life.”

Nigel Farage has been accused of sounding “conspiracy theory-like” by the BBC’s political editor in a tense exchange.

The Reform UK leader clashed with Chris Mason during his first sit-down interview since winning back his seat in the Clacton by-election last month.

Farage triggered the contest by resigning after a parliamentary standards probe was launched into his failure to declare a £5 million gift he received from a Thailand-based crypto billionaire.

Farage insisted he has not broken any rules, claiming “it was not a political donation” and pointing out that he was not even an MP when he received it in 2024.

Although the Reform boss increased his majority, his main challenger was Count Binface because Labour, the Tories, Lib Dems and Greens all refused to take part.

Now Farage back in the Commons, the parliamentary investigation into the donation has resumed.

If he is found to have broken the rules and is suspended by parliament’s standards committee for more than 10 days, yet another by-election could take place.

When Mason asked what “on earth was the point” of last month’s by-election, Farage insisted the committee – which is made up of Tory, Labour and Lib Dem MPs plus seven members of the public – would not give him a fair hearing.

Asked about the a separate Metropolitan Police investigation into four large donations to Reform UK, Farage insisted “we live in a complainant society”.

He said: “If you complain about me, automatically that triggers an investigation. So we’re under investigation every day for virtually everything we do, because the other political parties are constantly writing to all the authorities.

“There is a whole ecosystem with a century of development around this, and we come along from virtually nowhere and threaten the whole thing.

“So I think what you’re seeing is the establishment, in a very coordinated way, fighting back. But do you know something, it isn’t going to work.”

Mason replied: “Doesn’t that sound a bit conspiracy theory-like? This ‘the whole world’s out to get us’ stuff.”

Farage insisted there was a “degree of collusion” between Reform’s opponents, who he claimed have been working to “attack” his party since its success in May’s local elections.

He added: “It’ll keep coming. This won’t stop. Every single thing we do will be questioned in all sorts of ways. This will not stop. They will continually try and do this to us.”

Asked who “they” are, Farage said: “People who, people who hold positions of power, influence, and money don’t want new kids on the block succeeding.

“It’s the whole ecosystem.”

He then suggested he and Donald Trump had “sat and talked” about the people who allegedly work against them, before changing his mind and adding: “I haven’t actually discussed this with him.

“But I can see the similarities because again, he was an outsider, he wasn’t part of the system.”

When Mason put it to Farage that scrutiny was “inevitable” considering he is angling to one day be prime minister, the Reform leader replied: “There’s been a wilful attempt, and it’s gone on now for months, to say that everything to do with Reform, that every individual involved with Reform is somehow a crook.

“That’s been the attempt that’s been made.”

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Diane Abbott has been dubbed “Putin’s useful idiot” after she downplayed the threat posed to the West by Russia.

The veteran Labour MP said it was “a Nato fiction” being used to justify a boost in defence spending, which she opposes.

Her comments come just a month after it emerged she had previously described the war in Ukraine as “a Nato campaign against Russia”.

Andy Burnham has insisted that the UK will hit Nato’s target of spending 3.5% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) on defence by 2035.

In a post on X, Abbott said: “The imminent threat from Russia is a Nato fiction to justify their complete capitulation to Trump’s demands for more military spending. The increase should not go ahead.”

Her comments sparked an angry backlash from politicians and pro-Ukraine campaigners.

A spokesman for Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said: “Those views are reprehensible. Ukraine is an innocent party in this. Everyone should be foursquare behind Ukraine and against Russian aggression.”

Posting on X, Tory MP Ben Obese-Jecty said Abbott was “playing the role of Putin’s useful idiot”.

“To rail against increased defence spending by claiming the threat Russia pose is ‘a Nato fiction’ shows she is dangerously out of touch,” he said.

“Over four years into the war in Ukraine, and with escalating sub-threshold activity, we are agreed that increasing defence spending is a matter of national security. It beggars belief that a senior Labour politician could be so naïve.”

The Ukraine Solidarity Campaign said: “There are legitimate debates to be had about defence spending.

“Denying the Russian regime is a threat to democracy all over the world is not legitimate, particularly when the speaker describes Russia’s war on Ukraine as ‘the Nato campaign against Russia’.”

Abbott, the longest serving female MP in the Commons, lost the Labour whip last year after she argued in a letter to The Observer in 2023 that Jewish, Irish and Traveller communities experience prejudice rather than racism.

She got the whip back after Burnham replaced Keir Starmer as prime minister in July.

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