Emily Maitlis’s diary: Why are we turning away the people who could make Britain richer?
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Defence secretary Wes Streeting is down as a speaker on my UK politics panel at the wonderfully boutique Cliveden Literary Festival.
This strikes me as odd – really – because the Houthis are bombing Saudi Arabia, the Iranians have been at RAF Fairford, and Trump has just decided to bankroll Russia, I am worrying that a literary festival is maybe not the best use of his time. I also fear he’s forgotten that last time a defence minister entered these bucolic grounds it ended in a swimming pool a
This strikes me as odd – really – because the Houthis are bombing Saudi Arabia, the Iranians have been at RAF Fairford, and Trump has just decided to bankroll Russia, I am worrying that a literary festival is maybe not the best use of his time. I also fear he’s forgotten that last time a defence minister entered these bucolic grounds it ended in a swimming pool a
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