'Don't make same mistake on defence'
The Herald|March 14, 2024
RISHI Sunak has faced a call from Tory colleagues to learn the lessons of the Second World War and commit to boosting UK defence spending.
'Don't make same mistake on defence'

Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions, Conservative former defence minister Mark Francois said: "Prime Minister, in the 1930s, one of your less illustripredecessors, ous Neville Chamberlain, so denuded the British armed forces of funding until it was too late that we failed to deter Adolf Hitler, and 50 million people tragically died in the Second World War.

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