00:00From the start we're not going to get dragged into this war, it is not our war and a lot
00:06of pressure has been applied to me to take a different course and that pressure included what happened last night.
00:13I'm not going to change my mind, I'm not going to yield, it is not in our national interest to
00:19join this war and we will not do so, I know where I stand.
00:22Mr Speaker, let me start by saying I respect Lord Robertson and I thank him again for carrying out the
00:31strategic review. My responsibility is to keep the British people safe and that is a duty I take seriously, that
00:38is why I don't agree with his comments.
00:41Last February, that was seven months after taking office, I took the decision to increase defence spending from 2.3
00:49to 2.6 per cent, paid by by a difficult decision on overseas aid.
00:55Mr Speaker, Lord Robertson's criticisms were of the Prime Minister and he said Britain's national security is in peril.
01:02Our armed forces are at the end of their tether, waiting for this government to fund the strategic defence review.
01:10President Trump has threatened to rip up his trade deal with the UK as punishment for us not joining his
01:17idiotic war in Iran.
01:19Mr Speaker, this must be the last straw. Surely the Prime Minister can't send our king to meet a man
01:26who treats our country like a mafia boss running a protection racket.
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