Keir Starmer in Trumpworld
The fate of the special relationship in a new global order.
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Starmer’s defence spending increase could define his premiership
There is an opportunity for the UK in this turbulent international order.
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How will Britain defend itself?
Government needs to be totally rethought if the UK is to fill the “gaping holes” in its military preparedness.
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Letter of the week: Bring in the big guns
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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Defenceless Britain
Keir Starmer must rebuild the UK’s enfeebled armed forces – but he faces an almighty row first.
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Team Trump’s real feelings about Starmer’s Labour
From lagging defence spending to choosing Peter Mandelson as ambassador, the UK government is out of step with Maga.
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Labour’s quandary over defence spending
Keir Starmer joins the Nato summit in DC under pressure from his own budget restraints and the prospect of a…
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How will Rishi Sunak fund higher defence spending?
The Prime Minister has further shrunk the gap between the Conservatives and Labour.
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Ukraine is Europe’s problem now
Germany expects a long war of attrition in Ukraine. That is a war Putin is likely to win.
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John Healey: “Britain has a lot to learn from Ukraine’s resilience”
Labour’s shadow defence minister on how to bolster national security, dealing with Trump, and selling arms to Israel.
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Europe’s new age of insecurity
In the era of Trumpian politics, the US’s allies must fortify and regroup: they can no longer rely on the…
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Labour must improve relations with Europe
A second Trump presidency could make a closer defence relationship with the EU essential.
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Can Europe defend itself in a hostile world?
A Trump victory in November would expose the EU’s fatal gaps in defence spending.
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What is Labour’s defence policy?
The party wants to remove any doubts that it doesn’t consider national security as sacrosanct.
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Rishi Sunak’s “epoch-defining” defence strategy needs to be more than a label
The Prime Minister needs to accompany rhetoric with policy, and is still under pressure on defence spending.
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Why is there always a magic money tree for defence?
The case for boosting public sector pay is stronger than that for gifting more funding to the wasteful Ministry of…
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Germany must abandon its debt brake to make up for the lost Merkel years
Only by getting rid of the constitutional limit on new debt can Germany properly invest in itself and complete its…
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The left should lead the case for higher defence spending
Faced with fascism in the 1930s, Labour developed a distinct, progressive agenda on defence. It must do the same against…
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Ben Wallace criticises cabinet colleagues as he calls for higher defence spending
The Defence Secretary said fellow ministers need to respond to UK security threats with the same urgency as they do…
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Ben Wallace: the Defence Secretary lining up to be the next Tory leader
The Defence Secretary has been praised for just getting on with the job in a time of war, but he…
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