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Kemi Badenoch: “We can count, the generals can count, the Kremlin can count. His plan doesn't add up. How can the prime minister…”

On the recordJuly 1, 2026
We can count, the generals can count, the Kremlin can count. His plan doesn't add up. How can the prime minister possibly stand there and say that this is enough?
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Kemi Badenoch
Conservative Party

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Criticizing the defense spending plan's sufficiency.

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