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Our policies should prioritise welfare and not warfare

Sunderland Echo

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January 21, 2026

LETTERS EXTRA

- Philip Gilligan

Our policies should prioritise welfare and not warfare

Keir Starmer has once again shown an unwillingness to respond appropriately to Donald Trump's insulting rhetoric and blatant efforts to dictate policy to the rest of the world.

Dangerous consequences inevitably arise from such obsequiousness.

Our Prime Minister seems far too willing to give way to Trump’s demands that the UK massively increase spending on weapons, at the same time as his government severely restricts spending on the public services we need.

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Our policies should prioritise welfare and not warfare

LETTERS EXTRA

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1 mins

January 21, 2026

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