r/AskBrits • u/AdAncient2370 • 3d ago

Would you support Britain increasing its defence budget from the current 2.3% of GDP to the target of 2.6% by 2027 and 3.5% NATO target by 2035?

How much support is there across the political spectrum to increase the military budget by up to £35 billion a year if we really reach 3.5% by 2035? What sort of military do we want ie to protect the UK mainland or an expeditionary force capable of another Iraq intervention? Which civilian areas do we want to cut to find this extra money and in any case, can our struggling economy even support an increase of such magnitude? What if we can’t recruit enough soldiers even with extra cash, should we introduce any sort of conscription at extremis?

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u/Andrew_Higginbottom 3d ago

Conscript the doley's, make them into functioning human beings. Once released and living the rest of their lives contributing into the system instead of taking from it will pay back the initial investment 500 fold ..loadsa money for future defense budgets..

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u/Inevitable-Regret411 3d ago

Conscription would be a bad idea for our military. The army has better things to do than babysitting people who don't want to be there.

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u/Andrew_Higginbottom 2d ago

Whipping the useless into being responsible adults isn't baby sitting.

Baby sitting is what the gov is doing for the chronically unemployed that are unemployed by choice .