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Breaking ranks or firing blanks? Tory calls for Defence spending hike unheeded

Breaking ranks or firing blanks? Tory calls for Defence spending hike unheeded

Why is UK strategic thinking paralysed by peacetime fiscal rules? Here's three alternative scenarios...

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A British GPMG pictured with spent cartridges on Excercise URBAN MAPLE, November 2023. Photo: AirTpr David Allen AAC © MOD

Two British ministers - Tom Tugendhat and Ann-Marie Trevelyan - have broken ranks with the Cabinet to call for the UK to hike defence spending to 2.5% of GDP.

The move not only reveals a government in disarray - it reflects a fundame…

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