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16 hours agoKing's Speech: The full text of Charles' address in House of Lords
The King’s Speech sets UK legislative priorities focused on protecting energy, defence, and economic security amid global instability.
The top budget should be defence, there's nothing there for anything else. That's all there is. Defence must come first, second, third, fourth and fifth, because only if you're strong, you won't be attacked.
We would be wrong to show weakness in the face of this threat from Russia. If we want to protect ourselves, we French - which is my sole concern - we must demonstrate that we are not weak against the power that threatens us the most,