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Starmer Allegedly Threatened to Sack Junior Ministers Supporting Andy Burnham
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542. Starmer Loses His Defence Secretary: What Next?
What was said
"We detected the hand of Morgan McSweeney, was when there was this line running out that Keir Starmer would sack any junior ministers who was backing Andy Burnham."
According to Labour sources cited on the podcast, Downing Street has warned it would fire junior ministers who support Andy Burnham's potential leadership challenge. The threat was attributed to Morgan McSweeney, Starmer's chief of staff. Campbell argued that governing through fear when authority is already weakened is ineffective compared to vision and leadership.
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- 542. Starmer Loses His Defence Secretary: What Next?
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