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Tory leader Kemi Badenoch accuses Sir Keir Starmer of being “blinded by faith in his own righteousness” as she claimed his position is untenable following controversy over the security vetting process for Peter Mandelson.

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00:00The reality is, he is undermining the very fabric that underpins government.
00:06He likes to present himself as a man of spotless integrity.
00:10This, remember, is a Prime Minister who spent his entire time in opposition
00:16telling people that he was whiter than white,
00:19telling the country that the rules mattered, that standards mattered,
00:23that misleading Parliament mattered,
00:25but who once in office has repeatedly put his own self-interest above the national interest,
00:33a man who has tried to cling on to his job, whatever the cost.
00:37He is so blinded by faith in his own righteousness
00:41that he cannot see what everyone else in the country can see,
00:46that this is a national disgrace.
00:49He appointed Peter Mandelson, this is his responsibility,
00:52sacking everybody else and claiming to have been ignorant
00:56because he's just the Prime Minister, he doesn't have access to information,
01:00and he's not supposed to ask difficult questions, simply doesn't wash.
01:04Something is not right about this story.
01:06Our Prime Minister is either telling serious lies or he is grossly incompetent.
01:12Either way, his position is untenable.
01:14should be here to go.
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