Increase spending for NHS or more for war? Media neglect of astonishing increase in arms spending
Shouldn’t the BBC and other media be exploring this issue? Spending increases in defence while cuts or inadequate increases everywhere else.
Could we have a bit more balance in reviewing where cuts might be made? There was a glaring enormous hike in spending on defence announced by Boris Johnson on 19 November 2020. Completely unjustified – a wild macho gesture and a £16.5 billion increase above the Conservative manifesto commitment. It created the biggest defence budget in 30 years even though we are fighting less wars now that Iraq and Afghanistan are over.
Surely we can help Ukraine out of existing budgets. What else is defence spending doing for us? Our arms spending for Ukraine is almost equivalent to the spending of all the EU countries combined. Our contribution is disproportionate. We have crying needs in Britain, too.
If defence can have such an increase as outlined above then surely the NHS and social services could have a similar increase.
Why aren’t the media talking about this?
