""Your point that somebody in Government should have known is one I've made to the appropriate team because I do think I should have been made aware and I wasn't aware. "That is a failure in the system and that's why we're coming out with a review.""
""I am shaken that, just as I am being reunited with my family for the first time in 12 years, several historic tweets of mine have been republished and used to question and attack my integrity and values.""
""We welcome the return of a British citizen unfairly detained abroad. "However, we have condemned the nature of these historic tweets and find them abhorrent.""
Keir Starmer expressed regret for saying he was "delighted" that Alaa Abd El Fattah had been reunited with loved ones after release. Alaa Abd El Fattah has historic social media posts that include calls for violence, hateful remarks about white people and British people, attacks on Jews, and other abhorrent content. The Shadow Home Secretary called El-Fattah a "scumbag" and criticised his presence in the UK given those views. El-Fattah said he was shaken that historic tweets were republished just as he reunited with family. Downing Street welcomed the return of a British citizen but condemned the tweets and announced a review of how the matter was handled.
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