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Starmer jokes during speech at Ambassador’s reception

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Starmer jokes during speech at Ambassador’s reception

Starmer jokes during speech at Ambassador’s reception

Sir Keir Starmer says “taking a chainsaw isn’t my style” as he addresses “stripping away red tape” during a speech at a reception hosted by new UK ambassador Lord Mandelson in Washington DC.

The prime minister also jokes about new the “new leader in town”, saying "he's a true one-off, a pioneer in business, in politics.

Many people love him.

Others love to hate him.

But to us, he' s just.... Peter." Report by Blairm.

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