How will Britain defend itself?

Defence Secretary John Healey spoke of the need to rearm Britain ’ in order to provide “a more muscular defence for a more dangerous world” Right now in that world, the US is negotiating directly with Russia about the Ukraine war and future aggression across Europe , without the input of either Ukrainian or European leaders.

Healey reiterated that the “path” for that would be set in the spring .

Keir Starmer is calling for a 'more muscular defence for a more dangerous world' Healey didn't mention any of this in his speech, but it's notable how similar the challenges facing the UK ’s defence capabilities are to other areas in which the government is desperately trying to kick bits of the state that just don’t seem to be working properly.