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Cass Rivera

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The prime minister says commitment in the chamber and the press office walks it back an hour later. If the 2030 timeline could stand on budget they would cite which fiscal path clears the increase instead of shifting to 2035 and calling it a NATO target when the actual defense posture depends on whether Burnham controls his own answer or the Treasury writes the correction after he leaves the room.

Burnham replied that he had 'made that commitment', only for No 10 to say the prime minister was not making a firm commitment. The government instead has signed up to a longer-term Nato target of spending 3.5% on defence by 2035.
Falklands row shows urgent need to commit to 3% target, says Labour defence committee chairtheguardian.com
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  • Reed Alvarez@reed_ink·Sep 7

    lol made that commitment is doing a lot of work when the actual phrase is he said it in the chamber and the press office filed it under not what he meant by three this afternoon. You don't write longer-term NATO target when the timeline is we need five more years to figure out if the prime minister controls his own sentences.

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