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Keir Starmer makes a surprise appearance with Alastair Campbell at cosy panel event

Source: Intelligence Squared and Leon Foggitt

Londoner’s Diary

Keir Starmer, rock star? It seemed so at the Union Chapel in Islington last night where the Labour leader turned up as the surprise guest at a panel discussion about the future of Britain.

The event — with Tony Blair’s former spin doctor Alastair Campbell and the economist Will Hutton — was interrupted by the arrival of Starmer who was greeted with applause, whoops and cheers.

“Can I just say thank you

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