Lbc
@lbcofficial·1.5M subscribers·17.3K videos
The architect of Starmer’s defence review explains his plans | LBC exclusive
Posted
June 2, 2025
Views
17,854
Likes
230
Comments
209
Engagement
2.46%
June 2, 2025
17,854
230
209
2.46%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
See what was published immediately before and after this episode.
19:06Now PlayingBritain stands at a crossroads not seen since the darkest days of the Cold War.
Today's Strategic Defence Review, described by Major Andrew Fox as “the most significant in a generation”, signals a belated but necessary awakening to the scale of the threat now facing Europe.
After decades of expeditionary “wars of choice”, the United Kingdom must once again prepare for the unthinkable: a major, state-on-state conflict on its own continent.
The comments come after the Prime Minister said the UK will move to "war-fighting readiness", as questions remained about his plans to increase defence spending.
As the review is released, Andrew Marr is joined by Sir George Robertson, an author of the document, to discuss.
Listen to the full show on the allnew LBC App
#andrewmarr #keirstarmer #defence #exclusive #irondome #news #ukpolitics #strategicdefense #lbc
LBC is the home of live debate around news and current affairs in the UK.
Join in the conversation and listen at
Sign up to LBC’s weekly newsletter here
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
