Josh Simons said he had "become a distraction from this government's important work'' as fellow Labour MPs put in requests for personal information to find out if they were smeared too
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Josh Simons said he had "become a distraction from this government's important work'' as fellow Labour MPs put in requests for personal information to find out if they were smeared too
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