George Robertson says Iran war should be wake-up call to address military underfunding in scathing remarks
The British government has shown a “corrosive complacency towards defence” and put the UK “in peril”, according to a government adviser, in fierce criticisms of Keir Starmer’s military policy.
The former Nato secretary general and author of the government’s strategic defence review, George Robertson, believes Starmer was “not willing to make the necessary investment”, the Financial Times has reported.
In addition, the former defence secretary will warn that the Iran war “has to be a rude wake-up call” during a lecture in Salisbury on Tuesday.
“We are underprepared. We are underinsured. We are under attack. We are not safe … Britain’s national security and safety is in peril,” he will say in his speech.
