Joe Pike
speaker
1,291 appearances
16 recordings
2 series
first heard Feb 2026
last heard 6 Sep
Joe Pike’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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We've got to transform the way that we do defence spending to make sure that what we're spending is fit for the threats that we face now and in the future, not just the threats that we faced in the past.
We've got to significantly increase the amount that we're spending on defence and we've already done that as a government.
But since we published that strategic defence review last year,
and reach the levels of funding that they had recommended.
The threat level has changed and we've got to change accordingly.
And finally, we've also got to make sure that we're investing in our broader national resilience, the sort of things that Al referenced in the letter, like economic security, like strong communities, strong public services, young people who have hope that the future on offer
is going to be worth working for and fighting for and those things all have to be done at once.
So although I really respect John, he is a fantastic colleague and I know he won't have taken this decision lightly, the challenge still remains that we have got to meet this moment and do all three of those things.
Yes, she said, I agree with Al, or as Al has said, actually on several occasions.
But we are in quite a surreal place at the moment in politics.
I mean, if we just wind out for a minute...
Most people in Parliament, in the Labour Party, think that Keir Starmer is not going to be Prime Minister for very much longer.
There is a by-election on Thursday where the guy who wants to replace him is trying to win so that he can come back to number 10.
It is possible that in the next five days, the Prime Minister's fate is going to be sealed.
So all of these conversations are frankly a bit weird at the moment because it's just as pertinent a question to say, and I'm not predicting what's going to happen on Thursday, but it's just as pertinent to say, would Andy Burnham find another 10 billion quid for defence?
And allies of John Healy, I have to say, are quite cross about this because Lisa and Andy, in that rather convoluted answer, and then did accept later that more money would be on the way,
But allies of Healey have told me that they're quite frustrated.
They point out, and I quote, more money is coming, but only as a result of Healey resigning.
This is another unbelievable U-turn.
Well, what more could he do?
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