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The Liberal Democrat leader, Sir Menzies Campbell, called for a freeze on all arms export licences after government figures showed that British arms sales to Israel more than doubled last year to £22.5m.
"The truth must not only be the truth, it must be told." - Fidel Castro
"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell
"Philosophers only interpret the world, the point remains to change it." - Karl Marx
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