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Guns or Butter: the great defence spending row

· 32 min

Episode Guns or Butter: the great defence spending row

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• Kidney machines replaced with rockets and guns: Keir Starmer says security is his priority but where will the money for defence come from and when will he tell us? • On the road with Nigel Farage. • If the polls are right, which major cabinet minister is likely to lose their seat? Spoiler: most of them. • And as Labour moves closer to the EU, can they convince voters that it's a good idea?

Steven Swinford, political editor, The Times

Patrick Maguire, chief political commentator, The Times

Lara Spirit, deputy political editor, The Sunday Times

Producers: Euan Dawtrey, Harry Kitson

Executive producer: Molly Guinness

Picture credit: Getty Images

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