Is Starmer ‘fudging’ UK defence spending to avoid a Trump clash at Nato? | Iran: the Latest
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As the US and Iran meet in Qatar, the UK has unveiled £15 billion in defence spending - but is it all a giant “fudge” to avoid humiliation by Donald Trump at next week’s Nato summit? Announcing the Defence Investment Plan, Prime Minister Keir Starmer boasted it meant the UK is spending 4.2% of GDP on wider security. On today’s episode of Iran: the Latest, Venetia Rainey talks to Ukraine: the Latest host and defence associate editor Dom Nicholls about why the numbers don’t add up. Plus, they unpack the UK’s high-stakes gamble on exquisite uncrewed autonomous aircraft and vessels and why the UK is ignoring the vital lesson from wars in Ukraine and Iran: expensive tech cannot replace raw mass. Highlights Starmer ‘fudges’ defence spending to avoid Trump clash at Nato. Will it work? The plan that proves the UK hasn’t learned the mass drone lesson from Iran and Ukraine CONTRIBUTORS: Venetia Rainey, co-host and executive producer @venetiarainey Dom Nicholls, Ukraine: the L
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