To pick a fight with Russia! Sure the Kaliningrad issue needs sorting as does Ukraine (it needs EU friendly leader NOT Zelensky) but at the end of the day, the Iran war has proved that the world needs Russian oil & gas and they are willing to pay for it and we (Europe) need to be first in the queue as that energy is on our doorstep!
There is no magic money tree, to make money, you need a booming economy and to have a booming economy, you need cheap and reliable sources of energy, like it or not, that's a fact!
Raising defence budget as a percentage will impact on other budgets. Raising GDP raises spending across all budgets. five percent of £100 is a fiver, while five percent of £1000 is £50!
There is no magic money tree, to make money, you need a booming economy and to have a booming economy, you need cheap and reliable sources of energy, like it or not, that's a fact!
Raising defence budget as a percentage will impact on other budgets. Raising GDP raises spending across all budgets. five percent of £100 is a fiver, while five percent of £1000 is £50!
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