Burnham Must Understand The Importance of Defence Spending | Lord Glasman
May 30, 2026
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as posted by the channel“When the mad maniacs in Iran attacked our base in Cyprus, we didn’t even have a functional ship to sail there.”
Labour Peer and founder of Blue Labour Maurice Glasman says Andy Burnham must recognise the need for higher defence spending and “drastic reform” of our armed forces should he win the Makerfield by-election and challenge Starmer’s premiership.
Lord Glasman was speaking to Rod Liddle on Times Radio. Listen live Saturday, 10am–1pm.
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