Hunt promises "25% increase in Defence Budget"!!
Re: Hunt promises "25% increase in Defence Budget"!!
Could it be that the pro EU Remain PM David Cameron deliberately slashed the defence budget to 2% in 2010 (or whenever) so that the future "EU Army" would fill in the gap? Hmm....
Re: Hunt promises "25% increase in Defence Budget"!!
No.SKB wrote:Could it be that the pro EU Remain PM David Cameron deliberately slashed the defence budget to 2% in 2010 (or whenever) so that the future "EU Army" would fill in the gap? Hmm....
That was an easy one.
Re: Hunt promises "25% increase in Defence Budget"!!
He slashed the defense budget because he was (and remains, it seems) a fervent believer in austerity and applied it with abandon.
Re: Hunt promises "25% increase in Defence Budget"!!
Indeed. Starving the beast, as they say.Halidon wrote:He slashed the defense budget because he was (and remains, it seems) a fervent believer in austerity and applied it with abandon.
Re: Hunt promises "25% increase in Defence Budget"!!
How can Hunt stand up and say he will increase Defence whilst being a member of the Government that has constantly slashed defence to the bone to pay for the foreign aid and austerity.
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Re: Hunt promises "25% increase in Defence Budget"!!
Politicians are genetically predisposed to lie with a straight face. It helps that many of them are also lawyers.
Right now I'd settle for a .25% increase in real terms.
Right now I'd settle for a .25% increase in real terms.