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Ministers' calls to increase military spending branded ‘obscene’
A Royal Marine patrols the waters at HMNB Clyde, which is the home of HMS Vigilant, the Vanguard-class submarine carries the UK's Trident nuclear deterrent
ANTI-WAR campaigners branded calls to increase Britain’s military spending obscene today.
Security Minister Tom Tugendhat and Foreign Office Minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan broke government ranks to say defence spending should be raised as soon as possible, claiming that Britain must invest at a much greater pace in a joint post on social media last week.
But Stop the War coalition convener Lindsey German told the Morning Star: “Britain is the highest spender on the military in Europe and the sixth biggest in the world.
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