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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Maddox

Lammy declares ‘Trump is right’ on defence spending as he warns post-Cold War peace is over

David Lammy has declared that the hard-won “post-Cold War peace is well and truly over” as he used his first major speech of 2025 to take aim at Vladimir Putin and Russian aggression.

The foreign secretary threw his weight behind demands by Donald Trump that Nato allies significantly increase their spending on defence, while laughing off the president-elect’s expansionist plans for Greenland and Canada.

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