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Cavendish Slams Starmer Over Robbins Sacking

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Baroness Camilla Cavendish criticizes Keir Starmer for sacking Olly Robbins, calling it a terrible mistake and urging him to reinstate Robbins. Cavendish highlights Starmers poor judgment, lack of leadership, and failure to deliver on Labours manifesto promises, drawing parallels to Boris Johnsons leadership void. She warns that Starmers missteps could further damage Britains global standing.

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Cavendish Slams Starmer Over Robbins Sacking

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UK News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!Cavendish Slams Starmer Over Robbins Sacking. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

0:00On April 25th, Baroness Camilla Cavendish, a former top advisor in David Cameron's Downing Street, just ripped into Prime Minister Keir Starmer over, sacking foreign office head, Ali Robbins. She called a terrible mistake in the Peter Mandelson vetting scandal and says Starmer should reinstate him right away. Cavendish warns the PM is in deep trouble and might not recover from this blunder. This all blew up after Robbins refused to name names or scapegoat his team during questioning on vetting failures. Cavendish praised him as the best of the civil service for standing firm, saying Starmer jumped to conclusions without all the facts and has a habit of blaming others. Reactions are pouring in, with Cavendish highlighting how this exposes Starmer's character flaws and poor judgment. She slamming him for failing to deliver on the labor manifesto voters backed, creating a real leadership vacuum at the top. Meanwhile, she's drawing parallels to Boris Johnson, pointing out both men, leave a void at the center where decisions should happen. On issues like North Sea energy, housing reforms, and welfare, Starmer is not stepping up

1:04or pushing through tough changes parliament needs. Cavendish's take underscores Britain's slipping global clout, from snubs in America to unserious moves like bashing Trump on rude to key meetings. She urges focusing on the national interest before Starmer's missteps sink his serious PM image for good.

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