Starmer Bangs Drums of War in Speech at Arms Factory
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🗓️ 2 June 2025
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
Keir Starmer has launched the government’s strategic defence review, pledging billions of pounds to the arms industry.
Plus: Israeli forces have opened fire on crowds approaching an aid distrubtion point, killing dozens of Palestinians; and Poland elects a right-wing strongman.
With Michael Walker, Ash Sarkar, Mark Curtis and Jakub Dymek.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of Navarra Life is made possible by Navarra Media supporters. |
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| 0:17.9 | Welcome to Navaralive. I'm Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar is back. Thank you so much for having me. I'm sorry that you guys didn't get to hear about my very wholesome holiday with my friend who hasn't had the baby yet. She's just very heavily pregnant. Very heavily. Okay, well, all my best to her. I know your friend. She's very lovely. Coming up tonight we speak to Declassified co-founder Mark Curtis about Stama's Strategic Defence Review. |
| 0:42.1 | The IDF have massacred dozens of Palestinians at an aid distribution point, |
| 0:47.4 | and Poland have elected a right-wing strongman. |
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| 1:24.0 | Straight into our first story. Kirstama launched the government strategic defense review |
| 1:29.0 | at BAE System Shipyard at Gavann in Glasgow. So not particularly subtle who this was for. |
| 1:36.2 | In that speech he promised billions of pounds to the arms industry to bring, as he said, |
| 1:42.6 | peace through strength. |
| 1:51.0 | We are moving to warfighting readiness as the central purpose of our armed forces. |
| 1:56.3 | When we are being directly threatened by states with advanced military forces, the most effective way to deter them is to be ready. And frankly, to show them that we're ready, |
| 2:06.2 | to deliver peace through strength. Kirstarmer also promised a form of military Keynesianism, where |
| 2:13.5 | economic renewal would be driven by rearmament. A defence dividend for the British people |
| 2:20.3 | using this moment to drive jobs and investment |
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