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Radio 4,07 Dec 2025,59 mins

Is the UK ready for war?

Westminster Hour

Available for 20 days

Ben Wright discusses the war in Ukraine and the UK's own security with the former Secretary General of Nato, Lord Robertson and panellists - Labour MP Chris Curtis, Conservative Sir Bernard Jenkin and Gawain Towler, a board member of Reform UK. The Daily Mirror political editor Lizzy Buchan brings additional insight and analysis. Ben also interviews Professor Paula Surridge about the fracturing domestic political scene and the voting trends she's identified in a landmark new study of the 2024 general election.

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