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Deputy First Minister of Scotland challenged over shipbuilding claims

Sea January 4, 2014

Scotland’s Deputy First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, was criticised by trade union members and the defence industry for suggesting that Britain’s new warships, Type 26...

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