UK authorities plans main defence reforms at the price of welfare programmes, drawing public anger.
Beneath the slogan “welfare not warfare”, protesters have come out in drive in London, objecting to the British authorities’s plans to extend army spending whereas chopping again on social help.
Like its European allies in NATO, the UK is underneath strain from america to take accountability for its personal safety in mild of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
However the European public – most of whom are dealing with a cost-of-living disaster – could effectively object as a lot because the British.
So can NATO allies construct a defence drive sturdy sufficient to counter any threats from Russia with out US help?
And the way will European leaders handle doable public discontent?
Presenter: Elizabeth Puranam
Visitors:
Paul Beaver – defence analyst
Aaron Gasch Burnett – senior fellow on the Democratic Technique Initiative, a political assume tank
Jeremy Corbyn – unbiased member of the UK Parliament
