Why spend money on grammars, rather than dealing with school overcrowding? And why back Trident rather than the Navy’s conventional fleet?
Outcries over the loss of soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq show that the British public is simply unwilling to see soldiers dying.
The benefits of a secure, stable and loving family are are even more important for military personnel than for the rest of us.
This morning, around 4,500 British servicemen and women will be serving our country across the globe. They are taking part in 25 operations in almost 30 countries.
“I want you and your families to know that this Government is on your side.”
If we can’t afford defence, what can we afford?
The most dramatic option is to cut whole areas of capability in order to focus on the remaining core ones.
Defeating Daesh will help keep Britain’s streets safe.
Our country’s outward-looking, enterprising attitude has always been bound up with the sea, and it continues to carry the vast majority of our exports today.
Just 0.5 per cent of the net Brexit savings of £10 billion annually could be allocated to a new National Memorial Ship Fund.
Recall the navy. Send for marines. Learn from France’s willingness to deploy armed guards. Bring in a New Dover Patrol.
The Ministry of Defence should make a grand gesture by increasing the Royal Navy’s visible presence in Gibraltar.
Or will the upcoming SDSR be used to change the Government’s plans?
We will meet the NATO’s investment pledge to spend two per cent of GDP on defence every year of this decade.
The savage attacks we have witnessed must drive us to work more closely with our regional allies.