We are dismayed to hear of Kier Starmer’s proposals to increase the UK’s defence spending by £15 Billion. This will inevitably lead to cuts in public services when our country is already reeling from decades of austerity.
Moreover, the earthquake disaster in Venezuela demands a positive and immediate response from the UK government, with the UN predicting that 10,000 people will die as a consequence.
We demand that the British Government re-examines it’s priorities and directs the money that would be spent on weapons of war to humanitarian aid for the people of Venezuela.
People are more important than weapons.
Arthur Scargill, Jim McDaid, Chris Butler, John Tyrell, Kathrine Jones and Allistair Lomax
Socialist Labour Party