All very interesting. All very sad.
Simple arithmetic. We have spent beyond our means and those who we appoint to manage our money have done very badly. But it is not defence which takes up the lions share.
For the period 2013 - 14 welfare took about 25% of Government money. Health & Education came second & third respectively. Defence took a mere 7% or so (behind national debt interest!)
I suspect, now we are out of Afghanistan, defence will take a major cut. So what will happen? Amalgamation of the RAF with the Army & Navy? Top down cuts? Let's see. But let's redefine our foreign policy so that we don't ever again spend billions on an empire that does not exist.
But we really do need to cut where it can make a significant effect. That is Welfare. Welfare, Welfare. That will also have a knock on effect. If we were not a soft-touch nation there would not be a lengthy queue of economic migrants trying to get into the UK.
Finally, we should look at overseas aid. Is it right that we send vast amounts of a money to other countries for them to waste it on rockets ships or corruption?