'We will have to make difficult choices'
Chancellor Rachel Reeves commits to spending more on defence but signals this could mean cuts elsewhere
Chancellor Rachel Reeves commits to spending more on defence but signals this could mean cuts elsewhere
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It doesn’t feel difficult to me
England should have just voted Tory again, cos that's wot you've lumbered everyone with.
Nobody says: " sorry but we can't defend ourselves because I've got a 22 billion black hole " or something like that.
Sorry, meant tax the rich.
Can we rewrite the song? It'd be epic.
@officialaerosmith.bsky.social
Increase taxes on the very rich.
Raise VAT on new class of non-essentials (not food related).
Yes, cuts on some things, but make sure the most vulnerable are protected
Fact is, we're in the 1930s. World gearing up for war. I don't want it, but if we're not ready, it will be worse.
As Starmer just asked Europe: “let’s step up”.
So just rejoin, our laws are anyway aligned 99% and sort out the differences later.
We need to force Starmer to make the first step though: to accept EU membership is in our strategic interest.
That’s the most difficult step.
So better apply now. 😜
So I do hope he’s going to follow his own advice and be faster.
Ukraine and Moldova are on an accelerated path and they are institutionally and economically much further away than Britain.
Finland joined in less than 3 years after they filed the application form.
And now happily also in Schengen and €zone.
We have been members for decades and we are 99% aligned institutionally and economically.
Countries from former Russian control had no institutional framework and their economies dysfunction due to the communist regime.
They should go for it!
TAX HOARDED WEALTH NOT WORKING PEOPLE’S WAGES.
All citizens must contribute.
Peace is not free.
all this government does is screw over the poor and call it ‘difficult choices’.
No intelligence sharing.
No support for US led wars.
No US bases on European soil.
No procurement of weapons from US companies.
Europe needs a stand alone industry when it comes to defence.
Prevention is cheaper than cure. Just look at america now.
Not America anymore