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Today in Focus

Keir Starmer needs you: Britain readies for war

Today in Focus

The Guardian

Daily News, News

4.65.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Former Guardian security editor Richard Norton-Taylor talks through the strategic defence review and Britain’s new plans to be ready for war. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is The Guardian.

0:08.6

Today, the frontline is here, apparently.

0:12.3

Britain gets ready for war.

0:17.8

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1:00.0

UK.

1:05.0

Good morning to all of you. Thank you very much for being here this morning.

1:13.6

Thank you for sharing with me the work that you're doing here, some of which we can see right behind us.

1:18.6

The Prime Minister was in Scotland on Monday to deliver a pretty scary warning to anyone who might think that we're nice and safe on our Sogy Little Islands.

1:28.0

We have to recognise that things have changed. In the world of today, the front line, if you like,

1:35.1

is here. The threat we now face is more serious, more immediate and more unpredictable than at any time since the Cold War.

1:46.3

Kirstarmer looked at ease playing the role he likes the most, the somber statesman, the reliable grown-up.

1:53.6

Surrounded by an audience of apprentice submarine builders, he outlined the risks the UK faces.

1:58.8

We face war in Europe, new nuclear risks, daily cyber attacks, growing Russian aggression in our waters,

2:08.9

menacing our skies. But Stama said he had a plan.

2:16.0

The blueprint to make Britain safer and stronger.

2:20.3

A battle-ready armour-clad nation with the strongest alliances and the most advanced capabilities

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