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Government spending prior to the 2010 Defence Review 1990-2010
The defence cuts in 2010 were a cowardly choice. The MoD had the strongest case of ANY department for ring-fencing its budget when the new government started to look for cuts. It had been easy for a succession of spineless ministers to keep ‘salami-slicing’ defence since 1990 so they could spend money on more popular things. Defence spending was therefore already dangerously low when the economic crisis hit. Even in the ‘good times’ Blair and Brown, with a taste for overseas interventions still failed to ensure adequate funding for defence while other departments saw huge increases.
See:
www.savetheroyalnavy.org/wordpress/examining-the-options-...
Government spending prior to the 2010 Defence Review 1990-2010
The defence cuts in 2010 were a cowardly choice. The MoD had the strongest case of ANY department for ring-fencing its budget when the new government started to look for cuts. It had been easy for a succession of spineless ministers to keep ‘salami-slicing’ defence since 1990 so they could spend money on more popular things. Defence spending was therefore already dangerously low when the economic crisis hit. Even in the ‘good times’ Blair and Brown, with a taste for overseas interventions still failed to ensure adequate funding for defence while other departments saw huge increases.
See:
www.savetheroyalnavy.org/wordpress/examining-the-options-...