Originally Posted by
PDR1
Doesn't really stand much scutiny as a claim. Here's a chart of UK defence spending from 1980. Tories in power from 79-97, Blair from 97-07, Brown from 07-10, Camoron from 2010, then May. Note where the dips are...
PDR
As others have mentioned, that might have been down to a couple of wars and I was referring to the money from the sale of MQs coming back to Defence - it didn't.
Crab, cant blame Maggie for the sale of MQs, it was done under the Major/Portaloo era.