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UK will commit to spending 5% of GDP on defence by 2035
The Guardian ^ | Mon 23 Jun 2025 | Aletha Adu

Posted on 06/23/2025 7:11:15 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Britain will commit to spending 5% of its GDP on defence by 2035 after weeks of diplomatic pressure and intense negotiations with allies.

The decision came as Keir Starmer, the prime minister, prepared to join Nato leaders at a summit dominated by global conflict and expectations of European military self-reliance.

The UK’s pledge aligns with Nato’s new spending targets – but at a slower pace than key allies including Poland. Britain pushed for and secured a later date.

Military chiefs are expected to welcome the announcement but officials acknowledged the 5% increase would combine traditional defence spending of 3.5% with a broader “whole of society” category worth 1.5% of GDP.

Some defence officials have privately said the headline figure risks conflating military capability with investment already budgeted for by the Treasury. They pointed out that the target would be hit only after the next election but one.

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


TOPICS: United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: returnthesausages; ukisbankrupt; ukwillcollapse

1 posted on 06/23/2025 7:11:15 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

So ten years to say “just kidding”


2 posted on 06/23/2025 7:12:14 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: MinorityRepublican

I think that’s called “when we get around to it.”


3 posted on 06/23/2025 7:15:59 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative. )
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To: DAC21

Basically.


4 posted on 06/23/2025 7:20:23 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Uncle Sugar" is being audited and having an enema.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

“I will gladly pay you Tuesday…”


5 posted on 06/23/2025 7:24:06 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Military chiefs are expected to welcome the announcement but officials acknowledged the 5% increase would combine traditional defence spending of 3.5% with a broader “whole of society” category worth 1.5% of GDP.
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GIBS ME SOME OF THAT “WHOLE OF SOCIETY” spending.


6 posted on 06/23/2025 7:25:29 PM PDT by House Atreides (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnVFlcTy0DcI’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX>)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Time for the U.S. to get out of NATO. Those reprobates will never pay their fair share. They’re nothing but a bunch of leeches.


7 posted on 06/23/2025 7:26:24 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: hinckley buzzard

Starmer is pulling a fast by broadening what constitutes defense spending so commitment means nothing.


8 posted on 06/23/2025 7:32:53 PM PDT by iamgalt
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To: MinorityRepublican

In 10 years will it matter? And 5%, seriously? They shouldn’t even be allowed at the table.


9 posted on 06/23/2025 8:42:23 PM PDT by Whatever Works (The real power lies in who counts the votes and controls the teleprompter.)
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To: House Atreides; MinorityRepublican
from the article: "Military chiefs are expected to welcome the announcement but officials acknowledged the 5% increase would combine traditional defence spending of 3.5% with a broader “whole of society” category worth 1.5% of GDP."

H.A.: "IBS ME SOME OF THAT “WHOLE OF SOCIETY” spending."

Ideally, "whole of society" is not just Brit-talk for pork barrel earmarks and logrolling.
It should include such things as increased & modernized infrastructure to produce more ships, planes, missiles, tanks, ammunition, etc., along with civil defense structures like underground facilities, transportation & utilities.

Also, many people forget that in the early years of the American Republic, the Militia Acts of 1792 and 1795 required universal male participation in state militias -- for all “able-bodied white male citizens”.
This was at a time (early 1800s), when the US standing army was barely 6,000 and yet militia numbers potentially called to service were nearly 1 million armed soldiers -- institutionalized Minutemen.
Today such reserve militia forces (as in Switzerland or Israel) could fall under modern terms like "whole of society" and "social cohesion", to be included in the 1.5% of GDP that is defense related but not strictly military.

10 posted on 06/24/2025 5:31:05 AM PDT by BroJoeK (future DDG 134 -- we remember)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I am sure that commitment will last until 2028 or so.


11 posted on 06/26/2025 2:39:23 PM PDT by Dat
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To: Dat
I am sure that commitment will last until 2028 or so.

Depends on whether JD (or Rubio) will be able to win the next election.

12 posted on 06/26/2025 2:42:59 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

In 10 years. That’s a good one!!!


13 posted on 06/26/2025 2:47:19 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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