With regards to the letters from Mark Taha and David
Buckingham about defence spending, with all due respect they are both
wrong. It is wrong of Mark Taha to
expect people to politically support taking away public funds from everything
to solely support defence. Mr Buckingham
is wrong to dictate defence spending by what our current territorial threats
are alone. As a permanent member of the
UN Security Council we need the capability to mount international military operations. We should aim to recapture the spirit of
David Lloyd George's pre-WW1 "People's Budget". It was this genius innovation which proved
the irrelevance of the "guns vs butter" argument.
Regards
Zachary Barker
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