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We have to stop the deadly trade in arms
Campaigners from Amnesty International carrying a batch of five giant dummy missiles to Downing Street in London in 2016

EVERY time ministers are caught flogging deadly weaponry to murderous regimes we can expect a torrent of guff about how carefully we vet buyers.

Britain, we are told, operates “one of the most robust defence export control regimes in the world.”

MPs have passed legislation stating that we only sell arms for defensive purposes, and they must not go to countries likely to use them for “internal suppression or external aggression.”

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