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Buy more nukes? People and health should come first
The government should wash its hands of Trident and put resources into our health and security, writes KEN LIVINGSTONE

WITH the ongoing coronavirus crisis, these are frightening times for millions of people here in Britain and around the world.

It is important to note that pandemics have been designated as tier-one threats to our security for many years.

Successive national-security risk assessments have rightly identified such human-health crises as worthy of the highest level of concern and planning, so why has Britain seemingly found itself unprepared for this crisis?

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