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Not a penny for war as public services crumble
As Britain plans to increase military spending to 2.6 per cent of the GDP while health services face devastating cuts and drug costs soar, working-class Scots urgently need united resistance, argues DREW GILCHRIST
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TRADE WARS, genocides, and regional conflicts have brought us closer than ever to world war since 1945. Every major party is banging the war drum in one way or another — all while Scotland’s public services continue to rapidly crumble.
With the media in full swing on the threat of Russia and China, there are constant comparisons to 1939, but for many people, the comparison is better linked to the war fever of 1914.
Keir Starmer has called for a “coalition of the willing” within Europe and the EU has answered. Military spending will now increase by €150 billion with proposals to divert regional development funds into defence also being echoed in Brussels. Britain is hoping to lead the charge with a proposed increase in defence spending up to 2.6 per cent of GDP for 2027.
All the while Scotland’s infrastructure and public services are being decimated in the interests of private capital. Working-class people are being left without any sense of support or trust in the government’s duty of care to the people’s needs.
The NHS has been decimated by yet another year of service cuts to staff, health centres and acute sites. The voices of NHS workers have been completely ignored when calls for better investment and pay have been waved to the side.
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