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‘I was on my honeymoon!’: Hamish Falconer’s surprise call-up to Burnham’s cabinet

Published 9 August 2026, 7:00pm

New EU negotiator, who previously helped free Taliban hostages, thought it was safe to book holiday during recess Labour seeking ‘deeper relationship’ with EU under Burnham, new minister says When Hamish Falconer left his career as a Foreign Office diplomat for the hostile…

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