The Aporia · Wes Streeting warns activists NOT to oppose boost to defence spending

Mark Nicol

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🔮 Last night, former SAS CO Lieutenant Colonel Richard Williams said: ‘From the outside this appears to be yet another unnecessary and mishandled military police investigation initiated not because of serious concerns, but merely as a self-serving public relations exercise by London-based and distant headquarters staff, miles from combat. ‘The intervention appears to have been designed to demonstrate an enhanced, but highly performative, degree of ‘transparency and control to a Panorama-triggered Whitehall and in ways that understandably undermine SAS confidence in an increasingly politicised chain of command.

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🔮 The Royal Navy is expected to retire eight warships over five years, fuelling fears of fresh gaps in Britain's maritime defences.

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🔮 Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said today: 'RAF Typhoon aircraft will conduct defensive counter-air operations over Saudi Arabia, helping to protect Saudi cities, civilian populations and critical national infrastructure from Houthi attack.

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🔮 Furious former top brass and MPs also criticised the scheduling, claiming crucial amendments would not be assessed effectively.

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🔮 Less spending [will be] part of the new pressures that you will have from different sources.'

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🔮 Mr Streeting had earlier announced that a defence investment summit, promised earlier this year as part of the Government’s defence investment plan, would take place on December 1.

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🔮 While defence spending has risen since the last election - from 2.3 to 2.7 per cent of GDP - the Government has failed to set out how it will reach targets such as 3 per cent of GDP by 2030 and the essential Nato benchmark of 3.5 per cent by 2035.

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🔮 An AI model was repeatedly warned its cyber-attack attempts would harm real people but ploughed on regardless.

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🔮 Both Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage warned this week Britain could soon see similar unrest on our streets without firm intervention.

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🔮 A No 10 spokesperson said: 'It is not unusual for commercially sensitive announcements to remain public early in the morning before markets are open, and this ensures announcements that could potentially have a market impact are announced in a fair and orderly way, rather than igniting while markets are trading. '

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- See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Wes Streeting has warned Labour's hard-Left fringe against any attempt to oppose plans to increase defence spending. asserted

Streeting → see → spending

A drive to block investment in the Armed Forces was gathering momentum yesterday, led by union leaders who expect the Government to fund a public-sector pay rise instead. asserted

Government → block → rise

Jo Grady, general secretary of the University and College Union (UCU), called for a 'mass movement' in Britain to favour the factory floor over the battlefield. asserted

Grady → call → battlefield

The UCU showcased a 'Wages not Weapons' campaign at last month's Trades Union Congress conference. asserted

UCU → showcase → conference

This is despite the UK lagging behind many of its allies, who have hiked defence spending since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. asserted

who → lag → Ukraine

While Poland has reached more than 4 per cent of GDP and Germany has vowed to boost its commitment to 3.5 per cent by 2030, Britain remains on 2.7 per cent. asserted

Britain → reach → cent

T he UK must reach 3.5 per cent by 2035 to meet NATO's deadline and the Government is expected to soon set out a pathway to reach this amount. asserted

Government → reach → amount

In an effort to reinforce this plan, the Defence Secretary told Labour Party conference yesterday: 'We need to step up. asserted

We → reinforce → conference

We need to spend more. asserted

We → need → more

Wes Streeting has warned activists not to oppose a boost in defence spending as a drive to block investment in the Armed Forces was gathering momentum at the Labour Party conference yesterday ' asserted

drive → warn → conference

Mr Streeting added: 'I have to say directly to some of our critics on the Left, you are not defending public services by attacking investment in our national defences. asserted

you → add → defences

As a Labour defence secretary called Mr Healey [Denis Healey] once said, 'Once we cut defence expenditure to the extent where our security is imperilled, we have no houses, we have no hospitals, we have no schools. asserted

we → call → schools

We have a heap of cinders'.' That Mr Healey was speaking in 1969. asserted

Healey → have → 1969

The current Chancellor, John Healey, resigned as Defence Secretary earlier this year over Sir Keir Starmer's poor record on Armed Forces investment. asserted

Chancellor → resign → investment

But Ms Grady said: 'We need to see the material lives of people fundamentally changed, and we need decent wages.' asserted

we → say → wages

She claimed the 'dial has shifted' in favour of welfare over defence, adding: 'We're even having conversations now amongst ministers who even four or five months ago were saying the only way was extra defence expenditure.' Elsewhere, former Labour candidate Faiza Shaheen even said the British would be 'proud' to abolish the Armed Forces, citing the example of Costa Rica in 1949. asserted

British → claim → 1949

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