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Glenda Jackson: My Moment of the Week

I was going to have a slightly, you might say, lesser figure. I always love it when minor characters in politics are suddenly sort of catapulted into the middle of a big story. The new defense procurement minister gave an oral update on a report by a Casey into the Ajax armored vehicle. It's an arm of the fighting vehicle that was supposed to enter service in 2017 but has already cost £5.5 billion. But as ever, the minister insists the program has turned a corner and that we should see all 589 vehicles in service by 2029.

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