David Lammy became the U.K. Foreign Secretary earlier this month after the Labour Party defeated the Conservative Party in the July 4 general election. Lammy had previously served as the Shadow Foreign Secretary since 2021, and held various positions prior to that, having been elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Labour Party in 2000. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] In 2018, Lammy penned an Ideas article for TIME magazine titled “I’m a British Lawmaker.