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Tom Tugendhat: “We have a foreign secretary [Ed Miliband] who thinks that the right thing to do is to shake hands with the Iranian…”

On the recordOctober 6, 2026
We have a foreign secretary [Ed Miliband] who thinks that the right thing to do is to shake hands with the Iranian foreign minister at the same time as the Iranian government is planning to attack the United Kingdom.
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Tom Tugendhat
Conservative Party

Editor's note · Context

Criticizing Ed Miliband's foreign policy approach.

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