Was Rishi Sunak's defence speech ‘alarmist’? | LBC debate

Rishi Sunak told voters that "the next few years will be some of the most dangerous our country has ever known" as he delivered a major speech in London in a pre-election pitch.

He said the next few years will be "transformational" as he warned of global conflicts and the rise of Al technology and issued an alert over the volatile global landscape, saying Russia's war in Ukraine has taken us closer to nuclear escalation than any point since the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Sunak also attacked Keir Starmer on the issue of defence, when asked if he believed the

Labour leader would make the country more unsafe, the PM said: "We will keep this country safe

and Keir Starmer's actions demonstrate he won't be able to do that."

He argued Labour had been "crystal clear" they would not match his pledge to increase defence

spending to 2.5% by 2030.

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