No disrespect...oh, ok, maybe a little bit then...
I think you are all being a tad parochial. It really, really isn't about the defence budget, it is much bigger than that.
A couple of years back it became the official government position to cease any sort of plan to pay down the budget deficit. At that moment, the UK economy defacto became a ponzi scheme.
And how much parliamentary discussion/debate has that attracted over the past two years...the square root of you know what.
No wonder MayBot is outta there as soon as the brexit thing finally staggers over the finish line. Who TF, would want to try and fix the UK economy once it becomes a newsworthy item again.
Edit...Corbyn I guess, because he can go all Venezuelan on our arses and....oh f**k, pass the Single Malt.