'Corrosive complacency' - Lord Robertson tears into Starmer and Reeves in extraordinary intervention on defence spending
Labour's ex-defence secretary accuses the prime minister of risking the country's security by dragging his heels on how the government will fund a beefed-up military in the face of the growing threat from Russia.
UK military chiefs asked to find £3.5bn in savings - and get ready for war
Insiders told Sky News that military top brass are meeting to discuss funding pressures - at a time the government also wants to carry out a programme of re-armament.
5 comments:
"the government also wants to carry out a programme of re-armament"
You wanna bet?
Re-arm with old AKM 47's and flip flops. That was enough to do for the septics.
Not sure the nasty Ruskies will get far over the Polish border.
Can't be long before the Army starts thinking that the real enemy is dug in at 10 DS & Westminster.
dearieme - as long as I can bet against, although I won't get good odds by betting that government lies to us.
Mike - yes, it's a weird situation where almost everyone who does something useful must know where the real enemy is dug in. The armed forces must know and every day must hammer the message home.
"We have just installed a following response to an armed attack on this country. It will be a recording of "We surrender" in Russian, Mandarin, Arabic, North Korean, Pakistani, Urdu, and Klingon. Our scientists are currently working on Romulan.
This broadcast is sponsored by the Soros New World Order.
We will have nothing, and we will be happy. That is all".
Fantasy? I wonder.
Penseivat
Penseivat - they seem to want a New World Order without any military contribution to sorting out the bad guys with big weapons. Crazy on two levels, thinking it's a Good Thing and thinking it will happen by having lots and lots of meetings.
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