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 (DIR) Post #Ajlsl3ORgg4oPRZNVg by rms@mastodon.xyz
       2024-07-10T00:52:18Z
       
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       https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/07/familiar-faces-but-not-all-from-politics-meet-the-surprise-labour-ministersLabour has appointed as attorney general a Jewish human rights lawyer who has rebuked Israel for violating international law in its bombardment and siege of Gaza.  I did not realize it was possible in the UK to have ministers of state who were not MPs.
       
 (DIR) Post #AjltcRTsrPAeSpZSWu by Charles@gascoigne.social
       2024-07-10T01:01:55Z
       
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       @rms It isn’t really, or at least only temporarily — generally they’d be made a life peer and therefore enter the House of Lords. See David Cameron coming back as Foreign Secretary.