QUOTE (Turin Machine @ Jun 7 2017, 11:10 AM)
Interestingly you use the phrase 'big stick' as well as 'national defense' and of course 'fight' all language rather incompatible with the ideals and election cant expounded by Jeremy. Will Labour divert funds from 'social justice' to bolster the armed forces? I think not. It has always been policy to reduce standing armed forces until such a time as is too late, 'Good Queen Bess' she of the Great Armada victory allowed the navy to pay off its ships crews to rot 'on the beach' even while it was still chasing the Spanish fleet around the coast of Scotland. There is no magic money tree as TM pointed out.
You are probably right but in Mrs May's case, it's demonstrably just verbiage; all mouth and no substance. Like it or not, the Tory record shows that's just their style. So if you vote Tory, it still won't reverse these spending policies.
At least with Jeremy Corbyn, you get what you see and there is every likelihood his party will change his mind. Again, listening and correcting policy is not a natural Tory trait.
As for the cash, we do have a massive spend on trying to maintain our interest in the unsustainable, illogical and now broadly unnecessary nuclear 'defence' arrangements. Even a small part of that could easily be diverted. Again, unthinkable to a Tory administration.