I know Labour is the party in power, but let’s not forget that historically, it’s the Tories who have overseen the degradation of our armed forces, not to increase welfare spending, but to enable tax cuts. The 1981 defence white paper that slashed the surface fleet and arguably led to the Falklands War, The 1990 Options for Change restructuring that saw a 20% reduction in army manpower and a 22% reduction in military spending between 2010 and 2016. Neither party has a monopoly on short sighted defence policy.