Cutting aid to the world’s poorest to fund defence isn’t just unfair; it’s short-sighted.
Poverty and instability go hand in hand, and slashing development funding only makes the world less secure. The government must instead ask those with the broadest shoulders to contribute more.
Poverty and instability go hand in hand, and slashing development funding only makes the world less secure. The government must instead ask those with the broadest shoulders to contribute more.
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US has abandoned Europe, & the UK needs to step up at this critical moment in history
Any increase in budget, as Truss showed us, has to be matched with a way to fund this
With the speed of events, there was limited ability to do much else
Hope future budgets will address this
However, Putin made it clear he will recreate the old USSR, which he believes was destroyed by UK and US. Ukraine is only the 1st step. If he wins there, it will be the Baltics, and we will be at war
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2025/02/21/french-mps-vote-through-the-left-s-wealth-tax-on-the-ultra-rich_6738419_7.html