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    Starmer comments on Cameron’s return to cabinet: ‘Seven years of exile in shepherd’s hut’

    Sir Keir Starmer responded to David Cameron’s return to cabinet by suggesting Rishi Sunak has “peeled him away from seven years of exile in a shepherd’s hut.”The two leaders clashed in a fiery session of Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday 15 November, which took place days after Mr Sunak’s reshuffle and hours after the Supreme Court ruled the government’s flagship policy of removing asylum seekers to Rwanda unlawful.“Mr Speaker, the prime minister obviously thinks so little of his own MPs, that he’s had to peel David Cameron away from his seven-year exile in a shepherd’s hut, and make him foreign secretary,” Sir Keir said in a scathing attack on Mr Sunak’s decision. More

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    Moment Supreme Court ruling on government’s Rwanda asylum policy passed down

    The UK Supreme Court has ruled the government’s Rwanda plan is unlawful in a blow to Rishi Sunak after home secretary Suella Braverman’s sacking.Judges ruled on Wednesday 15 November that flights will not be able to go ahead, leaving the prime minister’s key pledge to cut immigration to the UK in tatters.The unanimous ruling agreed with a Court of Appeal decision in June that found Mr Sunak’s £140m deal was unlawful because of deficiencies in the Rwandan asylum system.The plan is a core part of the prime minister’s pledge to stop small boat crossings. More

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    Timeline of Rwanda asylum plan as Supreme Court passes verdict

    The Supreme Court judgment on the government’s plans to remove asylum seekers to Rwanda comes more than 18 months after they were first announced.Ongoing legal battles have meant there has yet to be any migrants sent to the East African nation under the policy.Meanwhile, the Channel migrant crisis continues amid much political debate.Here is how events leading up to the ruling from the UK’s highest court on Wednesday 15 November have unfolded since the Rwanda plan was unveiled. More

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    Cameron’s return to government leaves woman shocked: ‘You are joking?’

    A woman was shocked to find out that David Cameron was back in government – when she was stopped in the street by a news reporter.Paul McNamara, Channel 4’s senior political correspondent, was on the streets of Dudley, West Midlands, gauging the public opinion on Mr Cameron’s return to the cabinet.“He’s back? What are you on about?” the shocked woman says, when told he has taken up the position of foreign secretary.“You’re joking!” she then cries, and when the reporter tells her he isn’t, she turns her head away.The reporter concludes their exchange by asking the woman if she’s “glad” he’s back.“Not really, no,” she responds. More

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    Rishi Sunak smiles and cracks jokes in first cabinet meeting since reshuffle

    Rishi Sunak was seen laughing and joking as he held the first meeting with his new cabinet meeting following Monday’s reshuffle.The prime minister promised “big, bold decisions that will drive change” as he gathered his top team, following the dramatic reshuffle that saw David Cameron appointed foreign secretary and Suella Braverman sacked.“Good morning everyone, welcome. An especially warm welcome to those for whom it is their first cabinet and also welcome to those whom it may not be their first time,” Mr Sunak joked as he began the meeting, drawing laughs from others in the room. More

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    Watch: David Cameron enters Downing Street as foreign secretary for first cabinet meeting

    Lord David Cameron entered Downing Street as foreign secretary in Rishi Sunak’s cabinet for the first time on Tuesday, 14 November.In Monday’s dramatic reshuffle after Suella Braverman was sacked as home secretary, the prime minister gave the former Conservative leader a peerage to bring him back from political wilderness.Lord Cameron was back around the cabinet table on Tuesday for the first time since he stood down as prime minister and quit as an MP after losing the Brexit referendum in 2016.Former minister Dame Andrea Jenkyns submitted a letter of no confidence in Mr Sunak as a result of the decision. More

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    Iain Duncan Smith demands answers over David Cameron’s links to China

    Sir Iain Duncan Smith questioned Lord David Cameron’s appointment by Rishi Sunak as foreign secretary as “it appears he’s being paid by the Chinese government to promote certain things.”Speaking to GB News on Monday (13 November), the Conservative party leader said he had “concerns” about Lord Cameron, before recalling how he was sanctioned by China in 2021 for what it said were “lies and disinformation” about alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang.Under Lord Cameron’s leadership there was a “golden era” of UK-China cooperation, something Mr Sunak described as “naive” last year following growing tensions with Beijing. More

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    Piers Morgan asks Jeremy Corbyn 12 times if Hamas are terror organisation

    Piers Morgan clashed with Jeremy Corbyn in a fractious TalkTV interview on Monday night (13 November), in which the host repeatedly questioned the former Labour leader on Hamas.In the space of two minutes, Mr Morgan asked 12 times: “Are Hamas a terror group?”Mr Corbyn, the Islington North MP, responded by repeatedly calling for a ceasefire.Over the course of the whole interview, Mr Corbyn was asked a total of 38 times if he thinks Hamas should stay in power and if he would call them a terror group. More