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John Smith's avatar

We have Starmer talking about this, this very day

Starmer ‘to unveil £18bn defence boost’ ahead of leadership contest

Investment is ‘great news,’ say insiders but it falls short of £28bn MoD spending needs

Where is the money coming from on what timescale?

Richard's avatar

“Under the plans of the last Conservative government, we would have borrowed £323 billion over five years”. Nobody believed those plans. The Tories lack of credibility lead to the whitewash that you saw.

Colin Elliott's avatar

Along with spending more than we can afford comes the transfer of ownership of property and businesses to foreign interests, piling yet more to the nation's burden, but of course nationalisation is another left wing 'solution'.