Col. Hamish de Bretton-Gordon OBE

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TRIGGERnometry · Britain Isn't Ready For A Real War - Col. Hamish de Bretton-Gordon OBE · 5 Aug 2026 podcast

Well...

It is.

No, I don't think so.

Absolutely not.

I think it is the number one priority.

Other things have got to give.

We know that we've got a lot of net zero projects, which I'm as keen as the next person almost on climate change.

But I don't see why we're spending billions on that when we haven't got our fundamentals like defence and security pointed out.

I think, and the fact that when it came to try and bridge that 28 billion gap that we've been talked about, defence, first of all, was told, you find 10 billion.

And to find 10 billion out of a 60 billion annual spend is challenging.

I didn't hear the welfare budget, which is six times the amount being asked to save any money.

So if we can't get $5 billion out of the welfare budget, then yeah, I think we need to get somebody in who can do it.

So it's about priorities.

And I think this funding has to be.

And I suppose like most taxpayers, I don't want to pay any more tax.

But quite frankly, if it's the difference between, you know,

the men and women in the British Army getting the right drone or not, then I'm happy to do that.

Although I'm sure a lot of others wouldn't.

I think there is definitely the money there.

The other element to it, of course, we keep hearing about growth.

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