Mastodawn

I'm with Frances Ryan, there is a false distinction drawn by our political class between threats to security that emanate from the global system & those that stem from how UK society is organised.

The argument that we necessarily need to choose between military expenditure & welfare spending (wilfully) misunderstands the *real* threats to the UK population.

Rather we should see the UK's 'security' as including the plight of the population.

#security #politics #welfare
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/16/warfare-v-welfare-britain-spend-benefits-defence-safe

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@ChrisMayLA6

It's probably an unpopular opinion but 'national security', however much it's dressed up to infer mutual advantage is always based on the perceived threats to the State rather than its citizens.

If the State decides to fund defence or surveillance or tax cuts for the wealthy at a cost of public health and welfare services, then this is because it considers the threat from abroad to be greater than the threat from its own citizens.