well to discuss this fad joining me now is chris nineham deputy chair of the stop the war coalition chris good to have you on the program now are you surprised by this talk of military spending post brett fit some might argue that there'll be more pressing needs. well i'm not necessarily surprised because i've listened to some of government williamson's other speeches in. statements but it is. a crazy foreign policy and to suggest that. the last couple of decades if i owed in disastrous for the what britain needs to do is to be able to exert more power around the world. it's kind of counter-intuitive and it's impossible to understand how britain is spending a lot of money on promoting. projecting military power in the pacific or in. asian region or against russia. it's impossible to see how that can in any way in home security which is apparently the reason why he's promoting these policies in front these kind of aggressive postures can only increase tension around the world they can only be seen as provocative and confrontational against great powers many of whom are armed. much more pow

the stop the war coalition's chris nineham believes the u.k. is the lining of military ambitions with america's. what williamston is doing is positioning our future foreign policy. very much a close and tight alliance with washington's and if you read the you know trends foreign policy. trumps cabinets foreign policy documents what they're really doing is they're trying to. assuage the u.s. military concern to trying to deal with china in particular which they see as their main competitor the thing if britain's government kind of goes along with that train these kind of aggressive postures can only increase tension around the world they can only be seen as provocative and confrontational against great powers many of whom are powerfully than we are so this is a this is a this is a very old foreign policy posture and it's hopefully not one that will in fact be pursued. as if it's to rebuild the water on a rocky city of mosul continue since this twenty seventeen liberation the situation on the ground remains grim experts claim that despite the flo

that haven't quite gone to plan for example iraq afghanistan libya to name but a few we spoke to chris nineham from the stop the war coalition who says the u.k. is aligning its military missions with america's war the deputy leader of the u.k. independence party my coker believes the reasoning behind the plan doesn't quite add up. what williamston is doing is positioning our future foreign policy very much in close and tight alliance with washington's and if you read the you know trends foreign policy. trumps cabinets foreign policy documents what they're really doing is they're trying to. assuage the u.s. military concern to trying to deal with china in particular which they see as their main competitor so i think it's britain's government kind of goes along with that train these kind of aggressive postures can only increase tension around the world they can only be seen as provocative in confrontational against great powers many of whom are armed powerfully than we are so this is a this is a this is a very old foreign policy posture and it's hopefully not one that will in fact be pursue why