Most government ministers jealously guard their department’s cash from their cabinet colleagues – but not International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt. According to the Daily Mail, Mordaunt has written to the Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson offering to help him build twotest
The cuts to the number of army personnel are being blamed on austerity. They might just as well be blamed on the outdated Cold War thinking of our leaders.
David Cameron told reporters this week that he would be open to the idea of aid money being spent on military peacekeeping operations. The prime minister won’t be able to fill gaps in the defence budget with aid money, however, because the law won’t allow it.
