Conservatives proud of defence record

  • 3 months ago
Andrew Bowie praised Conservatives' record on defence, calling UK's military one of ''the most advanced and well-equiped'' in the world. The shadow veterans' minister also urged Labour to commit to spending 2.5% of GDP on defence. Report by Gluszczykm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00We're very proud of our record on defence. We maintained defence spending at 2% GDP
00:04and indeed increased that over the years. We were the first country to show support for our allies
00:09in Ukraine and we've maintained our defence posture across the world for ourselves and
00:14indeed our allies through the 14 years of the Conservative government. We have one of the most
00:17advanced, most well-equipped militaries in the world and we lead the way when it
00:21comes to the training and all the rest that we're able to offer our allies.
00:24The idea that we've left our armed forces in anything less than a fit state is frankly
00:28ridiculous. We'd committed to spending more on defence, Labour should be doing the same
00:32and instead it's just weasel words from a Labour party that frankly is showing no leadership on
00:36the world stage when it comes to defence and security and indeed is opening up our allies
00:40to criticism as well.

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