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Which Party do you trust to defend the UK in a war? | LBC
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9:58Now PlayingShelagh Fogarty speaks to Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood about Sir Keir Starmer's pledge to boost the UK's defence spending.
The former defence minister suspects that a low-yield tactical nuclear weapon will be used 'in Eastern Europe within the next five years', he tells Shelagh.
This comes as Labour aims to raise defence spending to 2.5% of GDP.
Tobias Ellwood tells Shelagh: 'The penny is dropping just how vulnerable our economy is to the changing and strengthening of authoritarian alliances...'
'We still dare not contemplate where our history is taking us, but the west remains largely in denial.'
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