Carlisle group call on Cumbrian firm to 'withdraw' from F35 jet parts (News & Star)

Campaign groups in support of Palestine across Cumbria and further afield have initiated a call urging a Cumbrian firm to withdraw from their contracts producing material for F35 jet planes.

According to the Campaigns Against Arms Trade (CAAT), Technical Fibre Products Ltd (TFP), a subsidiary of James Cropper PLC based in Kendal, ‘produce nonwoven solutions for a number of cutting edge military aircraft and vehicles, including the F35.’

The CAAT claims 15 per cent of every F35 that Israel is using to bombard Gaza is made by British industry.

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