Chair of the Defence Committee, Tobias Ellwood has claimed that we need to “prepare for war” and up the defence spending.
Speaking to Nigel Farage on GB News he said: “I believe all NATO countries will now need to match our commitment and move to 2.5 per cent.
“There’s an array of areas that we need to spend more, just not just on land, air and sea, but the whole character and conduct of war is changing, as we’ve seen in Ukraine.
“So before we throw any money at the MOD (Ministry of Defence) [we need to think] they don’t necessarily spend it wisely.
“We just need to confirm how that threat is changing and then that is where we need to invest.
“What I’m pleased to hear, I never thought I’d hear this language, is the fact that our defence industry is going to move to a war footing that’s going to match what Russia is doing.
“They moved there some time ago. That’s the bigger picture. That’s the bigger threat picture that we now face. We can keep our peace only if we prepare for war.”
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