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Government wastes more money in its defence
If the eyes of the world weren’t on a certain stadium in Soweto, the chances are we’d all be devoting a lot more time to scrutinising yet another government U-turn – this time at the MoD.
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If the eyes of the world weren’t on a certain stadium in Soweto, the chances are we’d all be devoting a lot more time to scrutinising yet another government U-turn – this time at the MoD.
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