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Keir Starmer is dangerously naive about the army

20 June 2023

5:55 PM

20 June 2023

5:55 PM

Keir Starmer has vowed to create a ‘squaddies tsar’ if he wins the election. This ‘Armed Forces Commissioner’ would represent the military and their families and sit outside the military chain of command. But it’s here that the problems start.

The Labour leader says this issue is personal to him because his uncle served aboard HMS Antelope in the Falklands War. But

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