The UK Defence Secretary, John Healey, resigned this month after saying he believed the proposed defence funding would leave the armed forces under-resourced.
The Defence Secretary resigned 3 weeks ago because he was being forced to make decisions that would make our troops and our country less safe.
Today Labour is publishing a Defence Investment Plan that is barely half what the armed forces say is needed, and well below what our allies are spending.
Starmer is no longer the real Prime Minister. But he’s underfunding our military in his search for a ‘legacy’. If Andy Burnham has signed off on this, then he too is culpable of putting our service personnel at risk with this weak plan.
We need to cut benefits to fund our armed forces. It doesn’t matter who leads them, the problem is Labour MPs who won’t do what is necessary to defend our country.
The Defence Secretary resigned 3 weeks ago because he was being forced to make decisions that would make our troops and our country less safe.
Today Labour is publishing a Defence Investment Plan that is barely half what the armed forces say is needed, and well below what our allies are spending.
Starmer is no longer the real Prime Minister. But he’s underfunding our military in his search for a ‘legacy’. If Andy Burnham has signed off on this, then he too is culpable of putting our service personnel at risk with this weak plan.
We need to cut benefits to fund our armed forces. It doesn’t matter who leads them, the problem is Labour MPs who won’t do what is necessary to defend our country.
In 1982, Britain spent billions and sent a task force 8,000 miles across the Atlantic to defend British territory. In 2026, Labour is paying billions to give British territory away.
One government believed sovereignty was worth defending. The other appears to think sovereignty is something to be negotiated away.