Express columnist Nick Ferrari got into a heated conversation with an LBC caller named Colin on his news programme this morning (Monday, March 9) over Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump. The debate got fiery when the caller tried to call Ferrari out for describing Starmer's interaction with the US President as "grovelling".

It comes after the Prime Minister spoke to Trump on Sunday in a 20-minute phone call after a week of insults from the American following his refusal to allow US aircraft to take off from the UK to attack Iran as the war waginteractionording to reports, Starmer expressed his "heartfelt condolences" for the deaths of six US soldiers in the conflict. This number rose to seven last night.

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Addressing the interation between the pair on LBC, Colin said: "On the conversation that took place between Keir Starmer and Trump - nobody knows what was said. So to brandish him as grovelling..." Ferrari interjected to clarify: "No, I said, what's the word? Humbling... Humbling, I think."

However, the caller refused to listen and said: "No, no, no. Please rewind and listen to what you said. It was an insult, Nick. An absolute insult."

As he was lambasting Ferrari, the LBC host clapped back: "Calm down, Colin, he's a Prime Minister. That's not an insult. And indeed, one headline says it was humbling."

As Colin tried to make his point, Ferrari fumed: "No, you've had your say. When it's your breakfast show, when it's Colin in Manchester... We'll do it my way, and I'll come back to you in a moment.

"One newspaper calls it humbling, I call it grovelling. Given the level of abuse that Trump has levelled at Sir Keir Starmer, what do you think the tone would have been?"

The Daily Mail was the newspaper which used the word "humbling" to describe the leaders' interaction.

Colin replied: "I have no idea, I wasn't a party to it?" Ferrari retorted: "Do you not think it would have been combative? Do you not think with a former prime minister?

"Even Tony Blair, now Sir Tony Blair, backing Sir Keir Starmer into a corner, you think he would make a phone call, and it would be aggressive?"

The debate sparked a mixed reaction from listeners who commented on X, with some saying Ferrari "owned" the conversation and others praising the caller.