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THE escalation in military expenditure over recent years to maintain a commitment to Nato of defence spending at 2 per cent of the GDP, has seen Britain engaged in a range of armed conflicts such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and Syria.
British weapons have been at the core of the bombardment of Yemen since 2015 by the Saudi-led coalition, creating one of the world’s worst ever humanitarian disasters.
The “global Britain” policy of outgoing PM Boris Johnson, has been central to the concept of British intervention beyond British borders. Deployment of aircraft carriers in the South China Sea, well outside any reasonable definition of Britain’s “sphere of interest,” potentially puts Britain in the front line in any conflict with China.



