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Sir Malcolm Rifkind’s status as Chair of the ISC
The ‘cash for access’ allegations against that the former foreign secretaries, Jack Straw and Sir Malcolm Rifkind, have led to both being suspended from their parliamentary parties. There are clearly wider questions to be answered about the outside interests of … Continue reading
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