Starmer is happy to send British troops into harm’s way but he won’t fund them properly
www.telegraph.co.uk
Our forces weren’t properly funded even for the old world. Labour must look around at the new one

  • There are now fewer than 75,000 of active troops in Britain. The UK could feasibly deploy at most a brigade, between 3-5,000 troops, and a Corps level Headquarters which would probably be needed, for between 24-36 months.

  • The housing program for the military is dreadful. Equipment programmes are always delayed and overbudget, and often produce dreadful kit. Often enough there is no kit at all.

  • Much of the artillery regiments have no weapons and/or very little ammunition, everything having been sent to Ukraine and only a few replacements obtained.

  • Many regiments and battalions are still using obsolete equipment while they wait for new vehicles that should have been delivered long ago.

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