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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....![]()
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.