Labour's defence plan 'not even real' as ex-SAS commander accuses ministers of trying to 'push defence off the main issue'

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Labour's defence plan 'not even real' as ex-SAS commander accuses ministers of trying to 'push defence off the main issue'

A former SAS commander has slammed Labour’s Defence Investment Plan as “not even real”. Speaking to GB News, Lieutenant Colonel Richard Williams accused ministers of resorting to creative accounting to shift the issue of Britain's military readiness off the political agenda. To that end, the ex-22 Squadron commander suggested the pledge of an additional £15billion for defence over the next four years fell well shor…