"Labour's Welfare Focus: The Cowardly Leadership Behind Britain's Stripped-Down Defence Investment Plan"

Naked at Nato

WITHOUT a Defence Investment Plan worthy of the name, Sir Keir Starmer is walking naked into the Nato summit.

The PM still reckons he can sell it to world leaders increasingly angry at Britain’s failure to step up to the plate.

Welfare-obsessed Labour’s cowardly leadership is to blame for Britain’s naked Defence Investment Plan Credit: PA Starmer is likely to receive a blistering reception from Trump Credit: AP

But he is likely to receive a lukewarm reception at best from European allies — and a blistering one from .

Starmer had the chance to secure his legacy with a mega ramping-up of defence spending. Instead, he and Chancellor engaged in pathetic penny-pinching.

It has left us at barely over half the five per cent of GDP spending agreed by .

The faithful promise to make defence the number one priority has been broken, leaving our Armed Forces way behind where they need to be.
Europe and the US know this. So, too, does Putin.

Moscow is now constantly testing Britain’s resolve.

Russian jets brazenly dropping sea devices to track a aircraft carrier were intercepted by the .

It’s not the global threats that have diminished.

Just Britain’s standing on the world stage — and the blame lies squarely with a welfare-obsessed and its cowardly leadership.

Woke up call

THE terrible murder of Henry Nowak brought home just how badly police forces have lost their way.

There are countless brave cops doing brilliant work across the country every day. But Henry’s senseless death show how many rank and file officers have been badly led astray by their own bosses.

For years police chiefs obsessed with box-ticking woke agendas have brainwashed their own recruits.

Common sense has been thrown so far out of the window that a stabbed white teenager can end up dying on the floor in handcuffs.

That is why the police continue to face accusations of two-tier justice.

Chief constables will never regain public trust unless they realise their job is to serve and protect us all equally.

’66 and all that

HOW could possibly top their greatest World Cup performance since 1966?

By going on to win the whole thing, of course. What a joy it was to see the Three Lions battle all odds in to stamp their name on the tournament and become genuine contenders.

After we conquered the Azteca, sleepless fans really can dream that England can go all the way.

Erling Haaland’s Norway are up next.

Just like another English hero Alfred the Great in 878AD, King Harry and St Jude can summon an ancient English spirit to well and truly see off the Vikings.