Usual story - politico's say one thing do another.................
There's little to argue about in that article except that at every turn more money is needed
"While we continue to reconfigure our forces around the most essential tasks, we must resist the false assumption that defence offers further scope to reduce government expenditure. In fact, we may have now reached the point where we need to spend more to deter evolving threats"
I can't think of a single senior UK politician who would understand that paragraph.