Can the UK afford to defend itself from Russia?

Lord George Robertson, former Nato Secretary General and
lead author of the UK's new Strategic Defence Review, talks
to Roland about what it will take for Britain to be warfighting
ready. 


His message is a vital clarion call for the British government
and general public to wake up to the very real threat posed by
Russia and the scale of change that needs to be undertaken: "This
is not business as usual."


But with President Donald Trump's call for spending 5% of GDP on
defence likely to be adopted by Nato later this month, is a
commitment of 2.5% and an ambition of 3% by 2034 enough? And are
ordinary British people ready for the sacrifices involved in
creating a credible deterrence to protect the UK?


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