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How Britain Got Its Mojo Back
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Britian's Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, on the economic recovery in Britain. He points to total public spending under control, with it dropping from 45% when the Tories entered government to 36.4% in 2015. He also points to the drop in the unemployment rate and the economic plan to cut the remaining budget deficit and show a surplus. This puts Britain in the best position to spend more on defense, says Osborne. Osborne makes a commitment to spend 2% of national income on defense, and raise Britain's defensive and offensive capabilities. This includes buying 138 F35 aircraft from the U.S. manufactured in the U.S. and Britain, and a fleet of maritime patrol aircraft, increasing cybercapabilities by over 75%. It would be backed up by spending 0.7% of national income on overseas development to back hard power with soft power.
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne on Britain's 2015 pledge of spending 2% of national income on defense capabilities
12/07/2015
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Wall Street Journal 12/07/2015
Britain's prime minister Cameron wins a parliamentary vote 397 to 223 on December 2, 2015, for military action in Syria
12/02/2015
After losing a vote in parliament for action in Syria following the use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime, prime minister Cameron wins by a large majority in 2015. His argument in the House of Commons was that it was better to strike the militants in their home bases in the Middle East before they strike in Britain. This follows terrorist attacks in France in Nov. 2015. Britain is already involved in military action in Iraq using airstrikes so it made little sense not to include Syria say analysts, as the Islamic State operates in both countries. Labor was split on the vote, with its leader Jeremy Corbyn voting against and allowing Labor members to vote freely to avoid resignations in the Labor party.
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Britain's Shadow Foreign Secretary, Hilary Benn
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