Sir Keir Starmer has announced an extra £15bn for defence over the next four years, but warned it would mean some road and energy projects will now be scrapped.
The UK prime minister said on Tuesday that the long-awaited defence investment plan (DIP) would reverse the “corrosive hollowing out” of the armed forces and transform a military that has been “underfunded and unsuited to the threats we face”.
He called the blueprint “a platform on which I know my successor will build”. It has been signed off by Andy Burnham, to whom Starmer is expected to hand over power as soon as July 20.
Nothing to do with this…
https://novaramedia.com/2026/06/29/keir-starmer-wants-to-be-nato-chief-after-he-leaves-no-10/
Doubt they’d fire their current leader. Rutte has been an excellent servant for the US.
Starmer, who despite being a former human rights lawyer has supported the genocide in Gaza and the illegal war on Iran, would not be eligible for the Nato role until it falls vacant in 2028.
(Aside, I’m glad we’ve got Novara media)
What good is defending a country with shit infrastructure?
It’s the backup plan is case the enemy gets through our first line defences. They won’t be going anywhere.
I think it’s right for the UK and Europe in general to invest in defence. Europe is on its own; nobody else will defend the continent. If Europe can’t defend itself then it probably won’t be long until the US or Russia or China decides they’d like a piece of European land for themselves (well Russia is already trying to take European land of course).
The us has completely vassalized Europe and here you are crying about Russia.
