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‘You’ll always have a comrade in Parliament,’ Rayner tells firefighters
Focus on equal access to assisted death rather than risks of legalisation for oppressed groups wrongheaded, MPs and campaigners say
ANGELA RAYNER told firefighters today: “You will always have a sister and comrade in Parliament.”
Speaking at the FBU’s Blackpool conference, the shadow education secretary and former union representative told delegates: “I will always say what needs to be said — because we as a party have pussyfooted around what needs to be said for far too long.
“And you see that with Grenfell, when you’ve seen what deregulation and competition and privatisation could lead to when it’s left unchecked.”
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