On the recordJuly 2, 2026
This was not a matter of judging the past by the standards of today. It had been wrong then and it was wrong now. It should never have happened.
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Keir Starmer
Labour Party
Source
theguardian.comThis was not a matter of judging the past by the standards of today. It had been wrong then and it was wrong now. It should never have happened.
Addressing the forced adoptions policy in the Commons.
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