This is John Batcher, conversation with my good friend Gregory Coppley,

editor and publisher of Defense and Foreign Affairs, an Australian National, therefore a man of the Commonwealth,

about the change of government in London and Westminster, labor overwhelmingly victorious, and the

Conservatives in retreat.

Question is what does this mean for national defence? What does this mean for national defense?

What does this mean for aukis?

What does this mean for the treaties in place?

Labor has not enjoyed power for quite some time.

Last time was more than a decade ago,

and therefore the questions remain open.

However, Gregory also speaks to the Conservatives and what they need to do and how they mishandled the situation in these last years,

and looks for status quo ante in the Parliament, a troubled nation, the United Kingdom, and in need of renovation.

At the same time the wars in Europe beckon London to get involved. More of this tonight. Gregory

Coppley, editor and publisher of Defense and Foreign Affairs on Labor Takes

Command. Yes, it still has the ultra-left faction which is uncomfortable with the military, but more and more

the mainstream labor is comfortable with defense.

It's taken on defense as a national duty.

And I don't think we're going to see any major reversals

of key defense spending programs initiated by the Conservatives, but I think we will not see a strong interest in increasing defense spending or in the deployment of UK forces globally except where treaty obligations have already

been set in stone, such as with the Aorcus, Australia, UK, US treaty where the U.S.

treaty where the UK has obligations to Australia, for example, in cooperation on nuclear

powered submarines.

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