Reverse defence cuts, Boris Johnson is told - as the new British Army chief says the force needs to be ready to fight and win to stop war in Europe
Picture: GettyBoris Johnson has been told to reverse defence cuts as the head of the British Army said it must be ready to "fight and win" to stop a larger war with Russia.
Nato has announced it will dramatically beef up its response force from 40,000 troops to 300,000 as its members worry about Russian designs on eastern Europe, including on the former Soviet states that have since joined the defensive alliance. "We have had deep cuts to Britain's defences for the last decade, which have left the foundations for our British armed forces weakened.Boris Johnson has been urged to reverse defence cuts.He told The Mirror that Labour is "redoubling our arguments for halting any further Army cuts and redoubling our arguments to rebuild the strength of the British Army".
"In all my years in uniform, I haven't known such a clear threat to the principles of sovereignty and democracy, and the freedom to live without fear of violence, as the brutal aggression of President Putin and his expansionist ambitions," he is to say."This is our 1937 moment. We are not at war - but must act rapidly so that we aren't drawn into one through a failure to contain territorial expansion.
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