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Coalition Of The Not-So-Willing?

As military leaders meet in London to discuss support for Ukraine, have the French blocked British manufacturers from an EU defence fund?


Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Fraser Nelson and Lara Spirit. 

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