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In conciliatory comments apparently designed to smooth over repeated public criticism of other alliance members by the US leader, Mr Stoltenberg said member states had agreed to add $100 billion to defence budgets over the next two years.
originally posted by: Flavian
Absolutely correct but then we can't blame Germany for being so far behind on it's spending commitments for NATO when we have spent nearly 70 years discouraging Germany military build up.
Poverty?! By what definition? I'm living on ESA due an accident and my twin boys are clothed and well fed, the rent is paid by LHA, no council tax. Poverty is a word as abused as racist these days, I think of poverty as street kids in 3rd world nations, not fat kids on a council estate in England.
originally posted by: sapien82
we have 4.1 million children living in poverty in the UK since 2018 , the UK government should hang its head in shame !
spending an extra 100 billion on weapons that will never be used !