Stop Reducing our Armed Forces and Spend 3% of GDP. CUT AID to 0.3% to fund it.

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What the petition asks

When I say "reduce" I mean in three ways: Funding, manpower & resources and credibility. We're told the Government spends 2% of GDP on defence and we have "the second largest budget in NATO... Largest in Europe". Then why can't we even match the French in capability anymore? Spend 3% GDP on Defence.

France has 23 Destroyers and Frigates. We've 19. They've 3 Amphibious ships. We've 2 which are now going to be scrapped. Their Army is 30,000 bigger. You now want to cut another 14,000 and are talking about merging two extremely distinct units: Royal Marines and Parachute Regiment. It's a joke. You don't want the Army to "Be the Best" and the new adverts are laughable. Recruits join for war fighting, adventure and service. Not for PC. That 2% clearly feels like 1% and those in charge are inept.

Timeline

31 Jan 2018	Petition opened for signatures
31 Jul 2018	Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 38

Status Closed

Opened 31 Jan 2018

Closed 31 Jul 2018

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