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The revolving door between government and the arms industry 
The Prime Minister’s commitment to spending on warfare rather than welfare is good news for the arms-corporation grifters, says SOLOMON HUGHES
HAND-IN-GLOVE: (Above) Work on the construction aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wales, which is being built at Babcock Rosyth, Fife

BORIS JOHNSON’S announcement that the Ministry of Defence will get £16.5 billion extra over the next four years — a 10 per cent increase in the arms budget — gives a simple message: the government would rather spend money on the possibility of a future war than the reality of our health and education.

If nurses are being offered no real pay rise after inflation but the money for rockets and bombs is going up, then the lesson is obvious.

The government thinks the “strength of the nation” is in fighter jets and tanks. 

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