Starmer has announced cuts to foreign aid, this being to allow the UK to increase defence spending. It is a horrible decision to make, but it is the least worst of the options.
We cannot rely on Trump to defend us, something I have posted about before. He has shown that he is willing to ignore the Budapest Memorandum, an agreement signed to get Ukraine to disarm its nuclear weapons with a promise to respect and maintain its borders. His willingness to sell out Ukraine and follow, the line of Putin that Russia is not the aggressor shows that he is willing to ignore reality.
This means that in my opinion, the UK should move to a position where it is not dependent on the US. And that means no more US equipment. So instead of relying on F35’s, we need to produce our own fighters, like the Typhoon. We will need to work with Europe on GPS navigation and an alternative to Starlink.
Trump is hoping that the USA will benefit from the increase if defence spending. If we are to buy from abroad, it should be from nations like France, Poland and South Korea. We need more independence from the USA.
