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Rt. Hon Ben Wallace
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Rt. Hon Ben Wallace
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Once was the UK Secretary of State for Defence !
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Joined May 2010
- Rt. Hon Ben Wallace reposted
Labour's own people are telling you everything you need to know. Wes Streeting: Reeves has no plan for growth. Pat McFadden: all Labour want to do is tax more to pay more benefits. John Healey: Starmer won't fund our armed forces. Jess Phillips: PM only acted to protect women - The twerps and the spinners in no.10 cant help it. Almost immediately they are out claiming “the biggest increase since the cold war” and “we are spending 2.6% of GDP on defence in 2027”. Those two “lines to take” are the problem. Dishonest and misleading in order to avoid the
- John Healey shadowed me for over 4 years. While i didn’t agree with everything he did i know he tried his best and had the interests of the Armed Forces at his heart. i know he loved the job and it will have not been easy to resign. His loyalty to his Party and PM was not
- Rt. Hon Ben Wallace reposted
Faced with a choice between a Defence Secretary who wanted to spend more on our armed forces, a Chancellor who wouldn’t, and an Attorney General who enjoys suing them, the Prime Minister decided he could do without … the Defence Secretary. - Rt. Hon Ben Wallace reposted
Well done, @JohnHealey_MP. We prioritise disability benefits over drones. The MoD can’t get the £28 billion which it needs to keep us safe, yet the welfare budget is set to rise by £42 billion. We spend more than 5️⃣ times as much on social security as on actual security.My letter to the Prime Minister
- So uneccesary. Even in the resignation letter there is spin…claims of 2.6% GDP by 2027 is false. the real number is 2.13% GDP. The rest is other departments spending! @BBC @haynesdeborah @larisamlbrown @Peston
- Rt. Hon Ben Wallace reposted
Just a pity you haven’t increased defence spending to cover the cost of this necessary 14% pay rise. You’re taking it from other parts of the defence budget, further hollowing out our military, which started under the Tories.Labour has increased the pay for our armed forces by 14% since we formed the government. We said we would renew the contract between the nation and those who serve and we meant it. 🇬🇧 - Rt. Hon Ben Wallace reposted
The situation inside the MoD is so bad that Britain is second bottom in a Nato league table that ranks member states based on the extent to which they are meeting their rearmament promises. The UK is currently 31 out of 32 countries on a list — which may be published by the end - Rt. Hon Ben Wallace reposted
A Russian spy under diplomatic cover who spent years infiltrating think-tanks tied to the Orbán government was quietly sent home from Budapest — but only after Orbán's electoral defeat removed the shield that had protected him for months. @VSquare_Project - Rt. Hon Ben Wallace reposted
Within hours of being announced as the nominee to be the U.S. Director of the CIA, I received a hand-delivered message on MI6 stationery congratulating me on my nomination. It was signed simply "C" in green ink. Legendary. I shared it with my son and even he thought I was now - Rt. Hon Ben Wallace reposted
🕵️ Russian intelligence has changed. According to former MI6 officer Chris Steele, today’s Kremlin is less focused on stealing secrets and more focused on influence, intimidation, sabotage, and shaping Western politics. Watch full interview youtu.be/qE50YUaKJv8?si…
- On this Day it is wonderful to remember what a true world leader looks like compared to the current JD Vance and Trump crew. Normandy Speech: Ceremony Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Norm... youtu.be/eEIqdcHbc8I?si… via @YouTube
