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Maggie Chapman: Throwing even greater sums of money into the pockets of arms company bosses isn’t going to make the UK any more secure…

On the recordJune 30, 2026
Throwing even greater sums of money into the pockets of arms company bosses isn’t going to make the UK any more secure, and certainly not if we continue with a foreign policy that has done so much damage.
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Maggie Chapman
Scottish Green Party

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Response to defense investment plan

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