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Andy Burnham: “I think we’ve been too much on the back-foot on that actually and we haven’t informed people sufficiently about the…”

On the recordOctober 11, 2026
I think we’ve been too much on the back-foot on that actually and we haven’t informed people sufficiently about the extent to which people are seeking to disrupt the political process from overseas.
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Andy Burnham
Labour Party

Editor's note · Context

Critiquing the response to foreign interference in politics.

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