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  Jan - if we just spend a lot on Defence when we are at war then we will have lost the war - full stop. You cannot create a modern well equipped and capable armed force in 5 minutes or in any kind of timescale less than a lot of years. That has always been true in the past but is never more true than now with the complexity of technology and the training needed to use it. Just see how long it is taking to get the new carriers into place for the Navy shows that.
  
  Look at the threats - a North Korean madman and a Russia increasingly flexing its muscles for two examples.
  
  Besides, we are at war right now, alongside the rest of the free world, with Islamist extremists.
  
  Defence is the number one priority of any government and must always be the top priority for spending. When we forget that a lot people die. Look at our history and you can see that. Remember Churchill's warning during his wilderness years...

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