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Re: Hunt promises "25% increase in Defence Budget"!!
Posted: 02 Jul 2019, 14:38
by SKB
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"!!
Posted: 02 Jul 2019, 19:48
by Pseudo
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....
No.
That was an easy one.
Re: Hunt promises "25% increase in Defence Budget"!!
Posted: 03 Jul 2019, 15:25
by Halidon
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"!!
Posted: 04 Jul 2019, 00:33
by Pseudo
Halidon wrote:He slashed the defense budget because he was (and remains, it seems) a fervent believer in austerity and applied it with abandon.
Indeed. Starving the beast, as they say.
Re: Hunt promises "25% increase in Defence Budget"!!
Posted: 17 Jul 2019, 12:10
by bobp
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.
Re: Hunt promises "25% increase in Defence Budget"!!
Posted: 17 Jul 2019, 21:45
by 2HeadsBetter
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.