Israeli PM says ‘shameful decision will not change Israel’s determination to defeat Hamas’Tom Tugendhat, the former security minister, is launching his campaign for the Tory leadership. There is a live feed here.Tugendhat started by saying that he did not actually want the job, because he does not want to be leader of the opposition. He wants to be prime minister, he said.Politics is not a game, and we all know the cost when government isn’t sober and serious. We saw it in the lives lost in Afghanistan and then in that wasted chaos of that withdrawal. We saw it during Covid, not just in the lost years of education that cost so many or the opportunities missed, or even in the grief for lost loved ones or those left to cope alone, but through the disrespect.That’s why I’m standing before you today, because this country can change. We must change, and Britain deserves better, and we need a different government. Continue reading…
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Author : Andrew Sparrow
Publish date : 2024-09-03 10:10:56
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