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We need better wages, not more weapons
As the Tories consider a massive increase in defence spending, CND general secretary KATE HUDSON rings the alarm over the slide into pro-war, pro-arms industry thinking — on both sides of the political spectrum
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Yet Defence Secretary Ben Wallace is busy bargaining with Rishi Sunak to get a bigger slice of the national cake to spend on weapons. He’s been demanding a massive increase in military spending, from 2 per cent to 3 per cent of GDP.
He has even threatened to resign if he doesn’t get it. But Britain is already the world’s fourth-biggest military spender, behind only the US, China and India. Why on earth would we want to spend more?
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