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Andrew Fisher
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Interestingly, a widely held view across the political spectrum too.
Protest against the racists this weekend
Credit to Denis Lushch, whose cartoon I believe this is.
"Cut welfare for defence" says, Kemi Badenoch.
More pensioners in poverty, more children in poverty, more homelessness and more ill-health.
That will apparently make us more secure. #PMQs
Russia is consistently cited as the reason for urgent increases in defence spending. Yet Russia has been bogged down in Ukraine for four years, suffering huge losses. It is not on the brink of rampaging thru Europe
The UK & Germany alone outspend Russia on defence. EU nations outspend Russia by 3:1
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The idea that the UK is not spending enough on defence is seemingly taken as fact, and any suggestion to the contrary treated as heresy.
But the UK will next year be spending 20% more in real terms than it was just a few years ago, and outspends Germany, France, Italy and Spain, as a share of GDP
