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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Maddox

Why Starmer finally came out to give his full backing to his tearful chancellor

There are moments in politics where the situation has spun so badly out of control that somebody has to step in quickly to end the chaos.

Most famously in recent history it was former 1922 committee chairman Sir Graham Brady’s visit to Liz Truss in Downing Street to force her to resign after the mini-budget fallout.

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