Squirming Sir Keir Starmer repeatedly refuses to say Jeremy Corbyn would have been a better PM than Boris Johnson
SQUIRMING Sir Keir Starmer today refused to say that Jeremy Corbyn would've made a better PM than Boris Johnson.
The tight-lipped Labour leader was repeatedly pressed on whether he'd rather have seen his predecessor in No 10.Credit: AlamySir KeirHe withdrew the whip from the Islington North MP for claiming allegations of anti-semitism within Labour were "exaggerated".Asked if Mr Corbyn would've made a better PM than Boris, Sir Keir replied: "A Labour government would be far better than the Government we've got.
Pressed again by an astonished interviewer, he would only add: "A Labour government is always better than a Conservative Government."under a fresh crackdown on terror. The Home Secretary has today baned the political wing of the group 20 years after its military wing was outlawed.People waving a flag in support of the group can also be jailed for six months.She added: “Hamas has significant terrorist capability and has long been involved in significant violence.”
Lord Austin of Dudley, UK trade envoy to Israel, said: “I’m delighted the Home Secretary has banned the genocidal terrorists of Hamas.”
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