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Radio 4,1 min

Thornberry shadow defence appointment a 'mistake'

World at One

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Labour MP Kevan Jones, who has quit as shadow armed forces minister, has described Jeremy Corbyn's appointment of Emily Thornberry to the role of shadow defence secretary as a "mistake". Speaking to presenter Martha Kearney, he said there had been "nothing straightforward or honest" about the way the reshuffle had been carried out.

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