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We must take a stand against the government’s spending on war

Trade unionists and protesters form a blockade outside weapons manufacturer BAE Systems in Rochester, Kent, in protest over the Israel-Gaza conflict and calling for an immediate ceasefire to halt the killing of civilians in Palestine, November 10, 2023

I AM a teacher. I am also a veteran. I served in the British Army operationally in Northern Ireland. I have witnessed first-hand the loss, grief and tragedy that comes from violent conflict.

The devastation in Ukraine is on a far greater scale. We should be working towards a resolution of the conflict, towards peace. Negotiations are preferable to more killing.

We need a negotiated peace deal to end the war. A war that has killed, amputated, blinded and traumatised up to a million battle casualties on either side. A war that is locked in a deadly stalemate.

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