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Keir Starmer: “I often say you can sit in Westminster and read a briefing about what people are doing, or you can go and see it for…”

On the recordJune 6, 2026
I often say you can sit in Westminster and read a briefing about what people are doing, or you can go and see it for yourself, and there is no substitute for coming to see it for yourselves.
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Keir Starmer
Labour Party

Editor's note · Context

Addressing staff at a defence contractor.

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