00:00Let's talk to Labour MP Dan Carden, a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee that questioned Sir Olly Robbins yesterday.
00:06Thank you for being with us on Newsnight. What's your response to what Nick has just been reporting?
00:12Well, I was part of the Foreign Affairs Committee and that's been taking up most of my time this week.
00:18And a very human response from Sir Olly Robbins about the situation he found himself in.
00:26And I am really concerned by the decision to sack a senior civil servant who was carrying out political orders
00:33from Number 10.
00:34And I think it will have consequences that go beyond this week. And I think it was a mistake for
00:40that to happen.
00:41It was a mistake for Keir Starmer to sack Sir Olly Robbins.
00:44Yeah, listening to his evidence this week, I have come to the conclusion that he had no other option than
00:52to do what he did.
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