Defense Secretary Grant Shapps has been urging people to join the British armed forces amid concerns about declining personnel numbers. Cabinet tensions have arisen over military spending targets and the Royal Navy's ability to keep pace with other nations. Shapps has warned of the need to prepare for potential conflicts with Russia and China, while others have expressed concerns about the shrinking size of the armed forces and the potential risks this poses. There are contrasting views on the prioritization of defense spending and the implications of the declining military strength.
Defence Secretary Grant Shapps says latest round of strikes were in 'self-defence' https://t.co/jc7t0acaKO
The British Army is set to shrink by a 1/3 over the next decade and will be small enough to fit inside a football stadium.🏟️ The Tories have let our Armed Forces decline at a turbulent time when conflicts across the world pose a growing threat to peace. https://t.co/f7njspRa3A
Mordaunt warns against Royal Navy cuts as minister breaks ranks to demand more defence spending https://t.co/jvUZxqdzRG
'In a nuclear age, with many large powers, military might is far less important than economic strength.' Britain's remilitarisation drive is dangerously short-sighted, writes @philippilk 👇 https://t.co/SYufXXIS7O
News: Schapps Predicting For WW3: For the past week, UK Defence Secretary Grant Schapps has readied the ground for upcoming wars against, China and Russia. Insanely, this is whilst the British Armed Forces are being reduced in manpower and weaponry at pace. Most military… https://t.co/EkX52unOy8
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
Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has rejected suggestions that the size of the British Army could soon fall below the 70,000 mark after warnings the UK risks a repeat of the 1930s without further investment. @TheSpurrShow asks: why has the army lost its appeal as a future career? https://t.co/nzhfUYuIEz
If current trends continue, the number of British army personnel will fall below 70,000 by 2026, and by 2030 it will barely exceed 50 thousand, - The Times. https://t.co/2qkeKZiirF
🗞️'Penny Mordaunt raises fears over Navy failing to ‘keep peace’ with Russia and China'🗞️ @mrstevenallen, @CressidaWetton, and @LewisSchaffer discuss a story from The Telegraph. https://t.co/xO0GFawKoS
UK armed forces numbers are falling fast, with recruitment figures well below government-defined targets and defence spending below 2.5% of GDP. This is despite Grant Shapps saying we are in a 'pre-war' period. @NIAbbot asks: How much of a priority should our armed forces be? https://t.co/O30HdMrtMs
Cabinet civil war breaks out over UK defence budget as Penny Mordaunt issues stark warning over the decline in the size of the Royal Navy - but Defence Secretary Grant Shapps dismisses her comments as just an 'opinion' https://t.co/aXB6BFgpAx https://t.co/05JfMSvvEP
'Please apply!' Defence Secretary, Grant Shapps, urges Britons to join the army. https://t.co/r4PShZBSq6
Penny Mordaunt speaking for 'many' Tories on defence spending, says ex-minister https://t.co/IzR6AxW4w6
UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps on TV this morning appealing for more people to join the military, saying “we are heading into angrier times”. This comes after NATO last week warned citizens to prepare for war with Russia. I will not be fighting for these scumbags. Will you?
The United Kingdom need to reinvest heavily into its military. At the moment it is being stripped bare to a shadow of its former self. Bigger army, navy and airforce to meet the massive threats the next 20 years will bring.
'This is 1939 all over again.' As the Defence Secretary warns that the UK must be prepared for war, @TobiasEllwood tells @SangitaMyska 'a wake up call' is needed. https://t.co/oLNf5tVOV7
James De Burghe exposes the DIRE state of our Armed Forces and how it would be nearly impossible to wage war let alone defend ourselves yet this is what the likes of Shapps wants! Read now: https://t.co/obwJKHS4qD
On pro-war GB News Grant Shapps said we must prepare for war with Russia and said that we must encourage people to join the armed forces. "Please Apply" said Shapps. Would you go and fight for Shapps and what he represents? https://t.co/H7u2O2hmr8
When a Defence Secretary begs citizens to join armed forces, you know we have a huge problem in the country. https://t.co/APMBuu5K2r
🔴 Penny Mordaunt warns Britain’s national interests at risk unless Navy ‘keeps pace’ with other nations. Cabinet tensions grow amid a naval recruitment crisis and Defence Secretary Grant Shapps' failure to set date for hitting military spending https://t.co/46fxJLps4N
Commons leader Penny Mordaunt has warned Britain’s national interests are at risk unless the Royal Navy keeps pace with nations like Russia and China - as Defence Secretary @grantshapps failed to set a date for hitting military spending targets. https://t.co/wnx9fpCfnb https://t.co/UGgijen6Xr
Grant Shapps tells Trevor Phillips the government does not intend to allow army personnel numbers to fall below 73,000 and points out the difference between numbers in the British Army and the overall armed forces. https://t.co/8laloPf9P7 https://t.co/aGS11SNbTm
https://t.co/g3snsgpAuO ‘Please apply!’ Defense Secretary Grant Shapps urges people to join the army