After some volunteers went to support Kamala Harriss’ campaign, the Trump campaign accused British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party of “blatant foreign interference” in the U.S. presidential election.

In a complaint submitted to the Federal Election Commission in Washington, the Republican candidate’s team demanded an inquiry into what it described as unlawful payments made by Labour to the Harris campaign.

For many years, British political volunteers have flown to the United States in advance of elections. Conservatives usually support the Republicans, while members of the centre-left Labour Party usually support the Democrats, the party’s sister party.

Following their overwhelming victory in the July British election, senior Labour advisors have been travelling to meet with Democratic strategists in recent months, according to British officials who asked not to be named when speaking to Reuters.

They spoke about how the Labour Party reclaimed nearly all of the industrialised regions that had abandoned them in 2019.

Labour leader Starmer said that Labour supporters were helping on their own time and claimed that the complaint would harm ties with Trump if the former president wins again on November 5.

However, there may be a problem with the complaint.

When Trump and Starmer met in September at Trump Tower, Trump, who is close to Nigel Farage, a right-wing politician in Britain, and had previously been friendly with British prime minister Boris Johnson, lauded Starmer.

Trump is unpredictable, but if he does win the president next month, this episode is unlikely to harm ties with Starmer, according to Greg Swenson, chairman of Republican Overseas UK.

Swenson told Reuters, “Trump takes things personally and lets personal disputes affect him.”

However, I believe Trump will move past it. Scar tissue from this could exist, although it is unlikely.

Foreigners are permitted to help during political campaigns but are not permitted to donate money, according to U.S. regulations.

The claims of meddling will depend on whether Labour paid for the expenses of any activists.

Media reports and a since-deleted LinkedIn post by Sofia Patel, head of operations at Britain’s Labour Party, were cited in the Trump complaint. Patel stated that almost 100 current and former Labour party employees would be travelling to the United States in the upcoming weeks to assist in the election of Harris, the Democratic vice president.

In her post, Patel stated that she needed to fill ten positions in North Carolina and that “we will sort your housing.”

Any party members participating would be doing so at their own expense, according to a statement from Labour. Other volunteers supplied housing.

After Australia’s Labour Party paid for the airfare and meals of its volunteers to come to the United States to help Bernie Sanders’ campaign, the FEC previously penalised the campaign.

It stated, “I am writing on behalf of Donald J. Trump for President 2024, Inc. to request an immediate investigation into apparent illegal foreign national contributions that appear to be blatant foreign interference in the 2024 Presidential Election.”

“Those who are looking for foreign meddling in our elections only need to check out (the) LinkedIn post. The interference is happening right in front of you.

The Trump team also charged that the “far-left Labour Party” was the source of “Kamala’s dangerously liberal policies and rhetoric” in a news release headed “The British are coming.”

While flying to Samoa, Starmer informed reporters that Labour volunteers had attended almost all of the U.S. elections.

“They’re volunteering, doing it in their free time, and I believe they’re staying with other volunteers over there,” he stated. “That’s really simple.”