Stop the War coalition Newsletter 28/02/25

Newsletter – 28/02/25

Tin soldier Starmer appeases Trump

Starmer’s dramatic increase to the ‘defence’ budget announced this week was a cynical move to curry favour with Trump in advance of his meeting at the White House. It will do nothing to provide security at home, will have a limited impact on jobs and waste billions of tax payers money in a time of austerity.

Labour’s plans will not only be at the expense of overseas aid, but will also lead to further cuts to public services at a time when they are close to collapse. Although some in the media and parliament have raised their voices about making the world’s poorest pay for this massive hike in military spending, including Annaliese Dodds, International Development Minister, who resigned earlier today, few have spoken against the principle of spending additional billions on weapons of war.

The voice of Stop the War is needed now more than ever – click on the button below and listen to Lindsey German speak about the danger of Starmer’s warmongering.

Starmer’s proposal for sending British troops to Ukraine may have won him favour in Washington, but it would be a hugely provocative act. His meeting with Trump on Thursday was an international embarrassment with the Prime Minister at his sycophantic best.

Ukraine was top of the agenda and not surprisingly the President welcomed Starmer’s proposals to deploy UK troops, but the all important ‘security backstop’ Starmer sought failed to be secured.

President Zelensky has his turn with Trump today, where no doubt the peace deal, resource stripping of Ukraine and any security arrangements going forward will become clearer. A general ramping up of war and arms across Europe is on the cards.

The Prime Minister has tried to sell his weapons programme as a job creation enterprise, but as Oppose Starmer’s Military Spending – Welfare not Warfare at your local trade union branch and demand a policy of peace through security for all.