Well, it certainly looks as though the signals from No10 are there to see. TMay quoted this week as refusing to confirm UKMil is a "Tier 1" military power. She also confirmed that UK Defence spending would remain at 2% GDP, not 2.??%, just 2%. Seems like it was just last year TMay pledged: " Ms May has announced a Conservative Government will both meet the two per cent target and “increase the defence budget by at least 0.5 per cent above inflation in every year of the new Parliament”.
The pledge matches the promise made by George Osborne in the Budget immediately after the 2015 election - extending it through to 2022."
Quote from The Independent, 2017.
Looks like Defence CUTS to me.
OAP