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Sacking Sir Olly Robbins Was Political ‘Self-Harm’ | Karl Turner MP
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8:24Now Playing“He was brought in to do a job, he delivered the job and he was sacked for delivering the very thing that he was asked to do.”
Whilst the evidence given by Olly Robbins this morning was not “catastrophic”, Keir Starmer was wrong to sack him over the Mandelson vetting saga, says Karl Turner, Independent MP for Kingston upon Hull East.
Karl Turner MP was speaking to John Pienaar on Times Radio Drive. Listen live every Monday-Thursday from 4-7pm.
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