A former British Army soldier has warned the government that Moscow “sees itself at war” with the UK and Labour are failing to rearm and reequip the armed forces.
Henry Bolton warned on GB News that Europe is facing their largest conflict since World War II and the government failing to prepare our armed forces is “stupidity” which is leaving the UK in “a very, very difficult place indeed.”
The Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said any increase for defence spending will have to come from budgets that are already in place.
The Chancellor told the Daily Mail there is no “magic pot for any area of government spending” and that Labour has vowed to raise military spending to 2.5% of GDP of an extra £20 billion per year by 2030.
She said the £20 billion annual spend will squeeze hospitals, police services and schools and she has revealed her plans for the “biggest audit of government spending” in almost 20-years.
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The former soldier told GB News that Russia is threatening British security and is actively involved in probing underwater internet cables on the seabed to conduct cyber-attacks on the UK.
Bolton said that we are now in out 1930s moment and there is “a whole lot going on” and this could escalate into “a military domain,” he warned the government failing to rearm and replenish weapon stocks is “negligent to the point of stupidity.”
Last week the head of the armed forces has warned we at the dawn of a “third nuclear age” and the UK has many dilemmas.
Admiral Sir tony Radakin said there is a “remote chance” that Russia will directly attack the UK should war break out.
The Chief of the Defence Staff said in a wide-ranging speech that the British Army would be destroyed within 6 to 12 months if they were to fight a war on the scale of the Ukraine conflict.
Sir Tony said that the UK has to be “clear-eyed in our assessment” of threats we are facing, he added, “That includes recognising that there is only a remote chance of a significant direct attack or invasion by Russia on the United Kingdom, and that’s the same for the whole of NATO.”
Sir Tony said that Moscow knows full well the “response will be overwhelming” and the nuclear deterrent has to be “kept strong and strengthened.”
Sir Tony added, “We are at the dawn of a third nuclear age, which is altogether more complex. It is defined by multiple and concurrent dilemmas, proliferating nuclear and disruptive technologies and the almost total absence of the security architectures that went before.”
