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Daily Mirror
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Jeremy Armstrong & Ben Glaze

Keir Starmer says he won't attend Qatar World Cup because of human rights record

Keir Starmer insisted he will not be going to the World Cup as further claims of human rights abuses in Qatar emerged yesterday.

The Labour chief said none of his colleagues will attend the controversial tournament in the Middle Eastern country, where being gay is illegal.

Asked whether he would go if England reached the final, he told LBC: “No, I wouldn’t. I’d love to but the human rights record is such I wouldn’t go. That would be the position of the party.”

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