Social care. AI. Elon Musk. The Rotherham gangs row. The impact of the Budget on employment. Hospital waiting lists. Perilous and deathly illegal migration across the Channel. Donald Trump. The challenges coming out swinging for Keir Starmer in 2025 are many and obvious. But there is another which matters most. It is about our survival as an independent democracy. Starmer’s response will settle how he will be judged by history. This spring it may cause him a political fight fiercer than any he has faced yet. The issue is rearmament.
With Trump now pushing for an unrealistic 5 per cent of GDP defence target for Nato members and our own strategic defence review reporting later this month, it is an issue that can’t be put off for much longer.
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