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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 10 March 2025
Debate
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillContribution
I have always predicted that in 10 to 15 years’ time, a bunch of new MPs with no institutional memory will say, “Let’s invade Afghanistan and sort out the Taliban. What could possibly go wrong?” The greatest error in politics is no institutional memory.
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