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Just interviewed the Labour leader @Keir_Starmer who tells me he DOES stand by his words that if the SNP win Holyrood in 2021, they would have a mandate for #indyref
Starmer on Johnson: The country deserves better than Johnson's leadership. On @skynews in few mins
Starmer on Scotland (thank you @ValerioEsposito for the transcript) pic.twitter.com/6RoNMmfnI5
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Eyebrows were raised in the Commons when Ben Wallace, the defence secretary, testily intervened towards the end of a lengthy speech by his opposite number Labour's John Healey during the second reading debate in the overseas operations bill. The bill is designed to limit the prospect of soldiers being prosecuted for alleged war crimes in the past.
Much of the mess we are having to come and clean up today is because of your illegal wars," the senior Conservative said accusingly, prompting questions about whether a defence secretary has previously described the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts in such stark terms.
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