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James Ball
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Dragging out the Defence Investment Plan process for months – with multiple huge defence crises ongoing – is bad enough.
But taking this long over it and then getting an outcome this catastrophic really speaks to Starmer's unique approach to politics.
If we get a leadership campaign every person under 40 should be asking why they should pay some feckless pensioners compensation for ignoring 15 years of notice, while its fine to change student loan terms at the drop of a hat.
President Trump had 22 medical specialists assess him as part of his latest checkup, according to a medical report recently released by the White House, who also declined to identify which physicians assessed him.
Did we have to take this long to get to a decision? No. But did we get to the *right* decision? Also no.
The Treasury is correct that the MoD is absolutely woeful at overseeing spending projects.
The MoD is correct that it needs much more money than the DIP offers.
The solution was for Number 10 to find, which it simply…didn't.
Not that it matters, or anything, but the already shaky legal authority Trump had to prosecute the Iran war without going to Congress expired *weeks* ago...
Read! Another! Book!
What does Trump think he actually did in Venezuela, because it was...not this.
There are a lot of bad ways to spend public money. Giving it to the WASPi women might rank among the very worst. (Article is from 2024, but sadly once again relevant)
www.thenewworld.co.uk/the-case-aga...
Trump saw about a dozen specialists for prior check-ups, per past statements. The White House has declined to identify which specialists assessed the president.
