'Weird' priorities of civil servants behind UK's support for Egyptian 'extremist' at centre of citizenship row, says Keir Starmer's former aide ⊕
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Keir Starmer
6 months ago
Paul Ovenden, who quit as the Prime Minister's director of strategy in September, said Mr Abd El-Fattah's case was a 'running joke' among Downing Streetstaff.
Distractions over Abd el-Fattah were running joke, says ex-Starmer adviser ⊖
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Paul Ovenden argues time spent discussing political prisoner was symptom of government struggling to focus
Efforts to free Alaa Abd el-Fattah regularly distracted Keir Starmer’s government from focusi…
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