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William Freer

William Freer is Research Fellow (National Security) at the Council on Geostrategy. He tweets at @william_freer.
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History Rhymes: Labour and Defence in the 1930s-1960s

“Once we cut defence expenditure to the extent where our security is imperilled, we have no houses, we have no hospitals, we have no schools. We have a heap of cinders” – Denis Healey MP, Secretary of State for Defence 1964 to 1970   These are the words of Labour’s

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Labour’s defence policy journey: nearing the summit

Keir Starmer, in a recent interview with i, has sought to set out his stall on Labour’s defence policy should the party win the general election by committing to spending 2.5% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on defence – ‘as long as it is achievable within Labour’s borrowing rules’. Two

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