https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/tuc-congress-right-reject-arms-spending-surge
F35 fighters on the flight deck of HMS Prince of Wales, the Royal Navy’s flagship aircraft carrier, in Plymouth, Devon, ahead of an eight-month deployment to the Indo-Pacific region on Operation Highmast, April 24, 2025THE TUC did the right thing in voting to prioritise wages and welfare over warfare, reversing its 2022 decision to campaign for an increase in military spending.
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The British state — whether under a Labour, Tory or Reform government — cannot be trusted with the weapons it has, never mind still more.
They are simply instruments of an imperialist policy which has brought immense suffering to the peoples of the world and threatens still worse, including conflicts which will exact a heavy price from the British people themselves.
These are the truths the labour movement needs to be enunciating loud and clear. It is a fantasy to imagine that government’s imposing austerity and authoritarianism at home are somehow acting in an elusive “national interest” abroad.
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Original article at https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/tuc-congress-right-reject-arms-spending-surge