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Surreal arrogance. Conservative MP Bernard Jenkins is complaining about our armed forces being under resourced when it was his Conservative government that cut defence spending by 25% in real terms over 14 years! Bernard Jenkin, "It sounds as though you are at peace while we are at war" Keir Starmer, "With respect, I'm clearing up the mess left by the last government" Bernard Jenkin, "I dare say Winston Churchill had a mess to clear up from the previous government" "Margaret Thatcher had a mess to clear up from the previous government" "Why were we so unready to defend Cyprus?" Keir Starmer, "We've got a lot of defensive capability in Cyprus, as you know" Bernard Jenkin, "We couldn't even stop a 150mph drone from hitting a base in Cyprus, that means we were unprepared" "This smacks of a lack of war fighting mentality" Keir Starmer, "We are finalising the defence plan" Bernard Jenkin, "This smacks of enormous complacency" Keir Starmer, "This smacks of the fact that for years there was under investment by the last Conservative government and the hollowing out of our armed forces" Bernard Jenkin, "You've had 18 months to deal with that" Keir Starmer, "14 years of underinvestment. We're picking up from the underinvestment of your government"