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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why would a PM who saved his party from a popular leftist movement have sympathy for Pinochet? It makes no sense.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

There's nothing to suggest he does.

Powell worked on the Good Friday Agreement as well as a handful of other things, so presumably Starmer wants him for his experience.

The thing about him negotiating release for Pinochet has no backing.