I see #GrantShapps (currently #defence secretary) has said the 'peace dividend' is over & we need to spend more on defence given the current international climate.
I'm not goitre to get into whether this is the right or wrong analysis & approach... what I want to question is: 'peace dividend'?
After a decade & half of #Tory #austerity, an engineered crisis in the public sector & #NHS, with the #costofliving crisis & stagnated economic development.... what peace dividend, was that?
Emeritus Prof Christopher May /
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