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Dreadful mistake: error banning old Labour leader (4,7)

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I believe the answer is:

keir starmer

'labour leader' is the definition.
(Leader of UK Labour Party)

'dreadful mistake error banning old' is the wordplay.
'dreadful' indicates anagramming the letters.
'banning' suggests deleting specific letters.
'old' becomes 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English).
'mistake'+'error'='mistakeerror'
'mistakeerror' with 'o' removed is 'mistakeerrr'.
'mistakeerrr' anagrammed gives 'KEIR STARMER'.

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