The brothers, who are dual UK-US nationals, were given a travel ban in December 2023 amid trafficking allegations

Today was meant to be all about UK prime minister Keir Starmer’s visit to the US, a second attempt this week – after French president Emmanuel Macron’s trip on Monday – to put forward European arguments to US president Donald Trump in a bid to convince the new US administration of the importance of supporting Ukraine.

But, but, but.