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Wes Streeting: “More importantly, we would be wrong to prepare only to fight a current war.”

On the recordSeptember 24, 2026
More importantly, we would be wrong to prepare only to fight a current war.
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Wes Streeting
Labour Party

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Stressing the need for future readiness

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