Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrives at Lancaster House in London to host the European leaders' summit to discuss Ukraine, London, March 2, 2025
BRITAIN must “prepare for peace not more war,” communists have warned amid government plans to increase military spending through “draconian cuts” to public services and welfare.
Speaking at the Communist Party of Britain’s executive committee meeting over the weekend, Kevan Nelson criticised Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s commitment to boosting military budgets, warning that it would add £13 billion to the £54bn already spent annually on arms.
The CP international secretary said: “Starmer’s Nato B-team summit in London talks about peace in Ukraine, while preparing to prolong the war with or without the USA.”
While 69 per cent of Ukrainians want negotiated peace, Western leaders are cynically prolonging the war for their own strategic and economic goals, to the immense detriment of Ukraine and Europe, write BOB ORAM and MAGGIE SIMPSON
Washington plays innocent bystander while pouring weapons and intelligence into Ukraine, just as it enables the Gaza genocide — but every US escalation leaves Ukraine weaker than the neutrality deal rejected in 2022, argue MEDEA BENJAMIN and NICOLAS JS DAVIES
