UK officials are sounding alarms over the British Army's capacity to handle future conflicts, with Tory MP Tobias Ellwood voicing concerns after Grant Shapps rejected claims that the Army will 'shrink' without increased funding. Ellwood highlighted the UK's prolonged peacetime budget as insufficient for the challenges ahead. An Army chief has warned that Britons may be conscripted to fight in an all-out war with Russia if Putin's aggression in Ukraine escalates, due to the military's limited size. The government is being called to 'mobilize the nation' in anticipation of such a conflict.
The head of the Army to warn that the British public will be called up to fight if the UK goes to war because the military is too small. This is what happens when you gut your armed forces. https://t.co/AWbqLp1ixr
🔵 Public faces call-up if we go to war, military chief warns https://t.co/WRjgRClgmS
Britons face Army conscription if Russia attacks: Top general says public will be called up to fight if Putin's war in Ukraine escalates amid staff shortages https://t.co/phZW5M27EQ https://t.co/xNUfebrYGm
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Brits will be called up to fight in all-out war with Russia as military is 'too small', Army chief warns https://t.co/z4TQ0cJ0CF
Tory MP Tobias Ellwood says the UK "should be concerned" as Grant Shapps rejects claims the Army will 'shrink' without more funding. "We've been sitting on a peacetime budget for a couple of decades... it's too small to deal with what is coming over the horizon." @rosiewright99 https://t.co/gidzEdsJjY