The article discusses Britain's increasing militarization in response to changing global dynamics, particularly shifting U.S. foreign policy. It critiques European leaders for panicking and boosting defense spending without clear rationale, as seen with Labour's opportunism utilizing the Ukraine crisis for political gain. The piece expresses concern that this trajectory could foster deeper societal unrest rather than stave off external threats. It highlights inefficiencies in military investments, contending that the focus should shift to practical security needs rather than arbitrary budget increases.
European elites are panic-stricken after Donald Trump hit the accelerator away from US hegemony, a trend already long under way. Meanwhile, Labour figures openly brief that this could be Keir Starmer's Falklands moment, using Ukraine's agony to transform the government's calamitous polling, speaking to a grubby political opportunism.
A better approach, surely, would be to make a case for what is actually needed, and in relation to which concrete threats.
At present, Britain wastes a significant amount of its defence budget on Trident nuclear missiles, which are dependent on the US and going by failed tests, are unreliable anyway.
Announcing defence splurges rarely involve detailed explanations of what that money will actually be spent on; a critical need for clarity in military spending.
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