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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (right), Defence Secretary Grant Shapps (left), and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak look at weapons at the Warsaw Armoured Brigade in Warsaw, Poland, April 23, 2024
ANTI-WAR campaigners demanded a stop to the new arms race today, after Tories and Labour united in support of boosting military spending to 2.5 per cent of gross domestic product.
The Establishment embraced a new spasm of militarisation as PM Rishi Sunak announced in Warsaw that Britain would crank up its arms bill to the new target by the end of the decade.
This would put an “additional £75 billion into defence spending over that period,” Defence Secretary Grant Shapps told MPs.
In an address to the Communist Party’s executive at the weekend international secretary KEVAN NELSON explained why the communists’ watchwords must be Jobs not Bombs and Welfare not Warfare
Under current policy, welfare cuts are just a small downpayment on future austerity, argues MICHAEL BURKE
LIZ PAYNE condemns how Labour backs war in Gaza and Ukraine, and massive funding for Trident’s nuclear bombs, when billions are needed just to restore public services