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Louise Haigh: “To pretend that I hadn’t told him and to brief so consistently and so viciously for quite a number of weeks after that…”

On the recordJuly 9, 2026
To pretend that I hadn’t told him and to brief so consistently and so viciously for quite a number of weeks after that was a deliberate attempt to knock my character down.
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Louise Haigh
Labour Party

Editor's note · Context

Accusing Starmer's allies of damaging her reputation.

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