Originally Posted by
Asturias56
"How on earth do you know that the PM is arguing with the Treasury? You do know that they work for him?"
Pr00ne - just page up the thread and see all the leaks in the media from various interested parties WITHIN the Govt. eg Lyneham Lads #470 5 days ago. BoJo has already fired one Chancellor and he wants to spend, the current Chancellor (like all his predecessors) doesn't - it sets up tension in the best of times (Blair/Brown for example) and in the worst of times it gets toxic quite fast.
Exactly....
This isn't the first time there has been a debate within the Cabinet about how best to allocate the annual budget.
I personally admire the PM's desire to invest in defence, I just don't think £15bn p/a is realistic given our current climate.