Defence spending: Is 2.5% of GDP going to be enough?

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Defence Secretary Grant Shapps discusses the prime minister's vow to boost defence spending to 2.5% GDP by 2030 and the Rwanda migration policy.
Former British army officer Colonel Simon Diggins told Sky News that spending should be closer to 3%. Mr Shapps says "the global defence industrial base hasn't expanded quickly enough to deal with the enormous requirements in Ukraine".
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@dondraper2488 Ай бұрын

They can’t even defend their beaches from dinghys….

@funbegins2371 Ай бұрын

and it will get worse when labour comes in power

@niburu1508 Ай бұрын

But they need to let them land to keep the MP’s with something to do and aircraft industry busy taking them to Rwanda and then the return flights. Are they still paying the aFrench to keep them in France. Just the same as the warmongers need to get making more weapons of mass destruction to increase the national dept. for the investors. The English are a rich and diverse culture who have money to squander and ‘ intellectual’ ( lol) Leaders/ royalty who tend to the poor.

@richardmarsden5610 Ай бұрын

So in other words Russia has demilitarised Ukraine and is well on the way to doing the same to Nato without huge amounts (100's billions) of additional deficit spending borrowing of Euro Atlantic member states govts (regimes) involved in the Ukraine War.

@niburu1508 Ай бұрын

Yeah - doing what Europe wanted to do with NATO after the end of the Cold War but warmongering US/UK kept it going as part of the US military for obvious reasons. Are now squandering millions of taxpayers £ on weapons of mass destruction instead of improved infrastructure/ health care/ education etc.

@matthewmulligan3858 Ай бұрын

And we're still driving on roads full of potholes here in the uk👍

@jim-es8qk Ай бұрын

Why wasn't this announcement in the recent budget?

@goonerboz6023 Ай бұрын

If we tell zelensky your not joining nato we could spend the money at home on our nhs instead of a usa proxy war

@genesis1765 Ай бұрын

another trap for labour,

@T5Zplayer Ай бұрын

Why? Starmer's brownshirts regularly say we are not spending enough.

@arnovriends5873 Ай бұрын

A proper defence apparatus is not defined by spending/squandering money, a multitude of factors some of them much more important are relevant.

@DarkHelixia Ай бұрын

What would this chap Schapps know? He couldn't even get the trains to run, let alone an army ...

@niburu1508 Ай бұрын

All about profit and does he have ‘ sponsors’?

@monkeyboy8424 Ай бұрын

Can't Shapps has experience helping to raise funds. Previously posing as Michael Green, Shapps wrote and sold 'get rich quick' schemes - The Guardian investigation.

@jasoncooper9391 Ай бұрын

ABACUS Michael Green 😂

@dianeglanville Ай бұрын

THEY WILL ROB THE POOR AND DISABLED TO GET THE MONEY FOR IT THEY KEEP SAYING IT WINNER TO KEEP THEM IN POWER

@ethzero Ай бұрын

Ah, comments are disabled by Sky this time when interviewing him. I guess they're against this policy.

@ynotawoody Ай бұрын

Ever consider the possibility that "your' representatives may already have job assurances after they throw this war in favor of their future employers.

@niburu1508 Ай бұрын

Of course they do, They have ‘sponsors’, consultancies etc. while in the job so they will have slightly more time on their hands if they get kicked out. They have at least 2 mortgages to keep going, and suddenly have to pay for goods/ services out of their own pocket. A hard life.

@Eagle6Airsoft Ай бұрын

I like how he explained that even if they had more cash they couldn’t spend it. He’s absolutely right to spend that cash on a manufacturing base, also improving uk jobs. Sounds like he’s on the right track.

@abr00ky Ай бұрын

Scary.

@Ukipmiddleleft Ай бұрын

We know this is all about shareholder defence manufacturer profits and nothing else.

@user-wj4yk8ly1d Ай бұрын

Will that be enough ? , Analysts will say : that has allready been priced inn !

@peterfeeney721 Ай бұрын

No, it will not be enough. Indeed, even thinking like that is not going to reset Defence

@grantsapain Ай бұрын

Depends on whether Russia defeats Ukraine, or not...

@felipe-vibor Ай бұрын

That is already a forgone conclusion. Ukraine is on its knees.

@brotherlestat305 Ай бұрын

I support Russia

@niburu1508 Ай бұрын

No it doesn’t. That may be an excuse but it’s still crap. They want to get a bit of profiteering in before the next General Election.

@user-xd9wj6yc1o Ай бұрын

How about the UK just minds it's own business and we don't have to worry about defense or war.

@T5Zplayer Ай бұрын

Recruitment is the problem and Shapps is not the leader we need

@alien4422 Ай бұрын

The Tories privatised recruitment at the cost of over a billion. So recruitment is outsourced to call centres and the joining process can take up to a year. Even though they failed to meet recruitment targets Capita's contract was renewed!

@reeceroberts775 Ай бұрын

@@alien4422 yup, ive been joining the signals from nov last year, crazy how long my medical took alone, but should be soon now tbf, id say its more so 9 ish months. still way longer than it should though

@dianeirvine7624 Ай бұрын

Jeremy hunt is very quiet these days - don’t hear much about him ,

@alien4422 Ай бұрын

Tax wealth and make the rich pay for it. Fourteen years of the Tories lowering living standards and destroying public services means that I do not have anything worth fighting for. So if the balloon goes up I'm off to Thailand.

@niburu1508 Ай бұрын

Exactly - pathetic infrastructure / health care/ education etc who would invade ? Or who would fight for 💩

@danielrainsbury2131 Ай бұрын

A great way to start your day. Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

@niburu1508 Ай бұрын

Certainly a large number of malevolent creatures in power.

@YUDNSAY Ай бұрын

Here's thought, how about we acknowledge that we no longer have the chest size to sit at the big fools table, remain in a neutral stance, put the defence money into the welfare of the citizens, close the borders properly to all those illegal entrants, build up a good gold reserve, become self-sufficient for the future of our population, we once had incredible talent for innovation, engineering, invention, yet the politicals keep selling those assets, we have no need to be global at the behest of outside interests.

@reeceroberts775 Ай бұрын

imagine they sold ourland and energy to china and france, insane isnt it

@niburu1508 Ай бұрын

Not a chance in hell - no profit in that. And what would the warmonger do?

@YUDNSAY Ай бұрын

@@niburu1508 Act even more pathetic?

@user-xb8vd2wu1p Ай бұрын

I’m sure it isn’t but the bare minimum is all we get as usual

@thegoat11111 Ай бұрын

Buying from abroad would mean less back handers for corrupt Tories. Thankfully they will not be in power long enough to see this through.

@niburu1508 Ай бұрын

Yeah - they will be pushing hard for possibly their last feeding frenzy at the tax payers expense. N

@TG-ts3xn Ай бұрын

PER CAPITA THOUGH?!?

@janogabryel7366 Ай бұрын

Where is Sophy ? I wanna Sophy !

@jasoncooper9391 Ай бұрын

Michael Green Sebastian fox 😂😂😂

@starlight420 Ай бұрын

If they mod stop wasting money in every department each year then yeah.

@niburu1508 Ай бұрын

The navy used £ 19 million to shoot down a few cheap drones the other week. Loads of Money. They will all get medals for that.

@jasoncooper9391 Ай бұрын

Michael Green 😂

@chrisspencer6502 Ай бұрын

Lol, tory defence spending boost paid for by cutting defence spending.

@niburu1508 Ай бұрын

By cutting disability benefit/ cutting sick note culture 🤪🤪🤪🤪

@4as856 Ай бұрын

Would it no be cheaper and easier to just settle for peace?

@reeceroberts775 Ай бұрын

war is the biggest money maker mate, dyor

@user-ys9wh2nk5g Ай бұрын

There isnt even a peace deal on the table…

@Billywoo12 Ай бұрын

All Nato members need to get to this point. Germany? France? Italy? Spain? Step up EU.

@niburu1508 Ай бұрын

They don’t want NATO to exist. Not since the end of the Cold War. Just warmongers US/ U.K. want it.

@kavangillespie5413 Ай бұрын

Need a standing army of 300k minimum tbh. Pathetic numbers right now

@starlight420 Ай бұрын

We dont even have an army ffs. We have a militia by pure numbers. No i dont count the ones that left that can get called back up if it kicks off

@SelvaduraiSounthararajah Ай бұрын

The main stream like sky news is the worst enemy to the people in the government we live She always asks brain damage questions

@niburu1508 Ай бұрын

Them and TimesRadio are those very unfunny jokes. Propaganda/ Liars most of the media.

@buwcheeks8669 Ай бұрын

Best is despite this huge increase in military spending (if they actually go ahead with it), they're still cutting the size of the armed forces. Absolutely pathetic.

@Josh-bn4lb Ай бұрын

I don’t even know why we bother with a standing army, would much rather 70% of this money went into the navy it’s the only branch that makes sense to keep bolstering significantly that’s where our strength has always been so let’s play to it

@32shumble Ай бұрын

The theory is that effectiveness is not entirely a product of size.

@SD-vy7gj Ай бұрын

That makes sence for defense but the uk has never been about defense. Wer one of the most blood drenched, warmongering, genocidal cultures in history. Certain countries in the UK being worse than others. 3 guesses wich

@buwcheeks8669 Ай бұрын

@Josh-bn4lb yes but at the same time we still need more artillery and more infantry. There's still a chance of us getting directly involved. We don't need a military the size of WW2 but atleast 20k more infantry should suffice.

@buwcheeks8669 Ай бұрын

@32shumble which I get. But there has to be a limit. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has shown us numbers are still needed.

@mrbaywatch21 Ай бұрын

To all the Russian bots, enjoy your mobilization 😂

@khairulnaeim756 Ай бұрын

..Your Navy is sucks... near to junk..hope it had value in junkyard sale...

@JohnArno-on1fc Ай бұрын

Defence against who? I didn't know we were being attacked by anyone.

@Anonymous-si7oc Ай бұрын

Yes but we go around others at Americas behest

@phoenixreborn6065 Ай бұрын

Not Our Wars!

@StevenKeery Ай бұрын

More than a little rude this woman, unnecessarily so. I couldn't listen to anymore from her.

@Detvanliga Ай бұрын

Increase the Defence spending to 4% for all NATO members. And enforce it!! .

@derekwhite2929 Ай бұрын

Hogwash

@richardmarsden5610 Ай бұрын

Russia is winning the argument comprehensively on the battlefield and the final settlement will be 100% on Russia's own terms. Washington/London/Brussels over-gambled and should have took the partial win around 18 months ago with the Istanbul proposals.

@snowman2970 Ай бұрын

Russia is on the rampage and we are twiddling our thumbs? time to build up our defences!

@brotherlestat305 Ай бұрын

Many in UK support Russia 🇷🇺

@snowman2970 Ай бұрын

@@brotherlestat305 Really? I suppose there were those who supported Hitler in the 1930`s? There is always a stupid element in any society.

@barneymagee3285 Ай бұрын

Should be enough to provide a rainbow flag for every regiment..

@michellelarden5281 Ай бұрын

No. It should be 8%

@ahmedalsharman Ай бұрын

I think 10% to 25% is needed.

@michellelarden5281 Ай бұрын

@@ahmedalsharman That percentage would cripple infrastructure, we need 8% for Military, 8% for housing, 8% for hospitals, 8% for schools, 8% Energy security (No more China ownership)! That's 40% at the moment all the above is around 15%. We don't need to cripple our Australia but we sure need to build her up. If governments looked after their people, their people would surely be proud to look after them!

@Paws4Thought669 Ай бұрын

Grant Shapps 🤣

@niburu1508 Ай бұрын

Get rich quick - guy?

@user-hu1yi8ox9z Ай бұрын

2.5% just brings us back to 210 levels, pathetic.

@brotherlestat305 Ай бұрын

🇬🇧❤️🇷🇺

@ahmedalsharman Ай бұрын

2.5% is not enough , i think both *NHS & Education* big cut is needed to top up defence.

@phoenixreborn6065 Ай бұрын

If we needed to raise it then we should scrap and the diversity crap and use the money from that.

@dissonantiacognitiva7438 Ай бұрын

No, let's just plow more tax payer money into "defence" whilst we keep poking others who are way bigger than us It's a great strategy, I am sure that it has worked in the past

@olearyma57 Ай бұрын

Works well for those patronised by the arms industry !

@niburu1508 Ай бұрын

English warmongers never die

@olearyma57 Ай бұрын

@@niburu1508 And don't fade away , like ls soldiers, either.

@MrLcin21cn Ай бұрын

2.5% not enough, 25% is enough.

@MrYossarianuk Ай бұрын

Shame we lost about 3% GDP after Brexit

@niburu1508 Ай бұрын

But the profiteers done well out of Covid 19 and need a boost now from weapons of mass destruction before they get kicked out. But no guarantee of that happening with the English tricks.