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Keir Starmer: “I said to Jonas, the Prime Minister of Norway, we're very strategically aligned, I'm good friends of his... But for 90…”

On the recordJuly 9, 2026
I said to Jonas, the Prime Minister of Norway, we're very strategically aligned, I'm good friends of his... But for 90 minutes on Saturday evening, we'll have to go our different ways as we go into that match.
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Keir Starmer
Labour Party

Editor's note · Context

Commenting on his relationship with Norway's PM before a match.

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