Andy Burnham has told the public not to stockpile alcohol in the event of a national crisis.
The Prime Minister said alcohol should not be a priority when preparing an emergency box of supplies⤵️
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Shameful. Over a thousand Allied Soldiers were killed in Afghanistan fighting alongside US Soldiers and Marines. Why would the Secretary think it was appropriate to disparage our Allies in front of these young Cadets, future Officers?
If my experience of military academies and cadets is anything to go by, I suspect they’ll have assembled in the NAFFI afterwards and agreed what a knobber he was. (Trans. PX and whatever the US equivalent of knobber is. A ‘Hegseth’ perhaps?)
The reaction to General Sir Roly Walker’s comments shows just how easily these stories get distorted.
People flooding replies to reporters like @haynesdeborah insisting they "won't fight" are missing the point. He wasn't hinting at conscription. He meant economic consent: higher defence budgets mean higher taxes and spending cuts to things the public takes for granted.
Personnaly, I think he's talking about the human cost to conflict, too.