Originally Posted by
8674planes
Er, an increase of just under £5Bn over TWO YEARS is nowhere near 25%! All the rest is aspirational rubbish, and irrelevant as they will not be in power after 2025. Once again we learn that this shower cannot be trusted with any aspect of public spending or public service. Compared to what the rest of Europe, and many other countries outside of Europe are doing, it is pathetic!
£2.97Bn of the total is to be spent on nuclear infrastructure expenditure, so that is funding to help the Australians build nuclear submarine tech, and £1.98Bn to replace weapons transferred to Ukraine. The rest is a derisory increase in "language skills" "security advice on the Chinese to UK businesses" and a "College for national security curriculum."
Meanwhile, Tranche 1 Typhoons will still be retired without replacement, the C-130J fleet will be retired without replacement, Frigates and Hydrographic vessels will still be retired without replacement, no sign of Ajax entering service, no replacement for the Warrior CSV programme, leaving the British Army as the only major Army that will not have a single Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV), but never mind, they have preserved cap badges in the 36 infantry battalions who will be fine walking into battle without any mechanised capability in battle whatsoever, no increase in the miniscule Surface to Air missile capability, oh, and the 3rd front line F-35B Lightning squadron is "expected to form in 2033!" Tories are an embarrassing joke in the current world environment and anyone who voted for them should be ashamed.