Yes obviously Iโve made that extremely clear. Thereโs a multitudes of horrible things occurring in the world, doesnโt mean I go out and stop them, we make a judgement balancing our own self motivations against ideas which are bigger than ourself. Clearly something you donโt foresee for yourself, fair enough. I just donโt think like that.
Iโm obviously not a Burnham fan but three things that would instantly warm me to him
1) 4% defence budget with a view to increase it.
2) Scrap the triple lock.
3) Create a Minister for Housing and major infrastructure handing them massive power to essentially Carte Blanche push on with any and all viable projects.
@Crimb1eCrumb1e Willing to when my country required it of me to protect a just cause, i.e protecting our way of life. My country does not currently require it of me because we do not have a conflict of such a scale to yet justify direct involvement.
Tired, overused and predictable argument dropped by usual Russian swallowing propaganda lovers. Ukraine doesnโt want a non-native speaking, untrained Brit heading over who would only be a liability. They need gear and more of it which I support. If my government genuinely thought mass mobilisation was needed to protect us now, then yes I would as already stated. Clearly our country makes judgement calls about when and how to use our Armed Forces and at what point troops numbers will be needed. Itโs quite easy to identify that WW2 was of such a scale that it justified a certain level of response whilst Iraq didnโt require such a scale of response.
Major wars in Europe as Russia attempts to further build on its territory. Mass destabilisation due to climate change meaning supply chains and resources may need to be increasingly protected with force. China decides to go for Taiwan sparking off major conflict in that region. Presumably youโll then say โnothing to do with usโ when actually all of these would impact on us and I do actually see value in protecting against totalitarian regimes when they overstep their mark. I believe in a way of life and ideas which is bigger than myself and worth protecting.
@Crimb1eCrumb1e Iโve done the first few application phases, will probably wait and see what happens re legal jobs, but itโs def an option. If we had a war then Iโd enlist when necessary ๐คทโโ๏ธ