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Former British defence minister Ben Wallace is not planning to publish his memoirs after leaving the House of Commons, he told German press agency dpa on Thursday – and is instead considering his options in tech. “I basically spent seven and a half years in a world of secrets. So I can’t write anything,” Wallace said. Wallace was minister of state for security from 2016 until 2019, before he served as secretary of state for defence under former prime ministers Boris Johnson and Liz Truss and current Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Wallace resigned in August 2023 and said he did not plan to stand a…