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Can Trump get Britain to up defence spending faster?

21 May 2025

6:59 PM

21 May 2025

6:59 PM

When Sir Keir Starmer was elected leader of the Labour party five years ago, it must have been a feat of imagination to picture himself as prime minister. It would surely have gone beyond his strangest fever dreams to think he would be dealing more or less weekly with defence policy.

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