Sir Sadiq Khan has been told by the Labour Government that “a period of silence would be most welcome” in a public rebuke over his warnings of “resurgent fascism” under a new Donald Trump presidency. The warning to the mayor of London came as the Republican tycoon returned to the White House as the 47th US president.

These are deeply worrying times, especially if you’re a member of a minority community", the London mayor wrote in the Observer.

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