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Kiran Stacey

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Defence secretary quits with ‘blistering’ swipe at Starmer - The Latest

And see what happens after if Andy Burnham becomes prime minister.

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Defence secretary quits with ‘blistering’ swipe at Starmer - The Latest

There are people who think that John Healey himself has been positioning himself as a potential leadership candidate.

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Defence secretary quits with ‘blistering’ swipe at Starmer - The Latest

There was a theory a few months ago that Keir Starmer would have to stand aside because of all the problems that have affected his government.

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Defence secretary quits with ‘blistering’ swipe at Starmer - The Latest

And that in the interim, before Andy Burnham finds a seat or whatever happens, you needed a steady as she goes type minister to take the reins.

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Defence secretary quits with ‘blistering’ swipe at Starmer - The Latest

John Healy being a classic example of that safe pair of hands.

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Defence secretary quits with ‘blistering’ swipe at Starmer - The Latest

Now that Andy Burnham's found a seat and if he wins, he'll be back in Westminster soon.

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Defence secretary quits with ‘blistering’ swipe at Starmer - The Latest

That kind of theory of the case seems to be somewhat undermined.

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Defence secretary quits with ‘blistering’ swipe at Starmer - The Latest

I don't quite see what the theory is for Westminster.

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Defence secretary quits with ‘blistering’ swipe at Starmer - The Latest

john healy as a relatively low key albeit capable minister to take over at this point when you've got someone like andy burnham who has a higher profile more charisma is more popular with the public um you never know he might have a go um he might just be positioning himself for whatever comes in the future but i would say you know to take the cynical hat off for a second this is a genuine dispute and i think he genuinely does feel quite strongly about it keeping an eye on him nonetheless kieran thank you so much for your time thank you

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Defence secretary quits with ‘blistering’ swipe at Starmer - The Latest

This is The Guardian.

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Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker: the US commentators banned from the UK

Maybe the assassination was, like, not something that we... We don't know the full story.

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Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker: the US commentators banned from the UK

Yeah, well, I mean, it comes in the context of a kind of ramping up of similar action over the last few months by the Home Office.

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Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker: the US commentators banned from the UK

PICA and UGA are by no means the only people to have had their travel permission revoked in recent months to the UK.

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Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker: the US commentators banned from the UK

They are unusual in that they are on the left of politics.

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Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker: the US commentators banned from the UK

Mainly, we've had people on the right of politics being banned from travelling, whether that's Kanye West or whether that's a group of activists, commentators and politicians who are banned from coming to a rally hosted by Tommy Robinson, Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, the far right agitator over here in the UK.

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Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker: the US commentators banned from the UK

This has been happening quite a lot.

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Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker: the US commentators banned from the UK

And these two are simply the latest to have this happen as a result of action by the Home Office.

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Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker: the US commentators banned from the UK

Yeah, I mean, first thing to say is that we don't completely know because the Home Office doesn't have to say.

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Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker: the US commentators banned from the UK

However, judging by some of the comments that have been flagged by people close to the Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, and have appeared in press reports, Hassan Paika, I think the comments that come up again and again...

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Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker: the US commentators banned from the UK

ones where he said he would vote for Hamas over Israel.