The article emphasizes the need for quality journalism in light of pressing issues like reproductive rights and international threats. It highlights The Independent's commitment to unbiased reporting and accessibility without paywalls. A significant warning comes from ex-MI6 chief Sir Alex Younger, who underscores the UK's military disarmament and the shifting global power dynamics posed by figures like Putin and Trump. Younger stresses the public's detachment from military matters and the urgency of a collective national effort to prepare for potential conflicts.
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I worry - we have disarmed militarily, self-evidently. We've largely dismantled our military and industrial base, which is a big problem.
We've unforgivably launched a set of wars of choice, which have imposed sacrifice needlessly on young people and there's great cynicism about this idea of collective effort to defend your country.
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