[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Failure to boost defence spending in next month’s Budget would send a message to Vladimir Putin that Britain is ‘not serious’ about stopping him, one of the UK’s most senior naval figures has warned.
Admiral Lord West, a former First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff, said yesterday it was ‘extraordinary’ that ministers had not already hiked spending amid the war in Ukraine and high inflation.
He is the latest in a line of senior military figures, ex-defence secretaries and MPs to call on the Government to increase spending in the Spring Budget or Integrated Review, both due next month.
| In order to spend big, Parliament will have to give up spending on other things, like welfare for illegal migrants, gender surgery for children, and policing the thoughts of those who enjoy Shakespeare and the old “Yes, Minister” show. Not likely any time soon, unfortunately. |
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