Veterans Minister Johnny Mercer says Sir Keir Starmer is “taking the British public for fools” after Starmer promised Labour's “solemn responsibility” would be national security if it enters government in the next election.
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00:00The idea that a leopard can change its spot in this way is obviously taking the British public
00:04for fools. Everything that I've tried to do in the veteran space has been opposed by Keir Starmer.
00:10He said today he'll go back on the legacy acts in Northern Ireland. All I would say to Keir Starmer
00:14is go and look at all those Northern Ireland veterans that you've just confirmed you will
00:19continue to prosecute because you want to do favours for your mates in the human rights lobby.
00:25It is not fair on them. We worked hard to get that over the line. I have no idea
00:30if you're a veteran how you can stand alongside Keir Starmer if he wants to do that.
00:34It's a load of rubbish, isn't it? Our forces now are more capable. That ability to project force
00:39at reach is like nothing we've seen before, even from my time in service. Of course,
00:43there are challenges. There are challenges around accommodation. People look at the numbers
00:49argument. I actually think that's a misnomer in itself because actually it's all about fighting
00:53power and what you can do and your ability to project power at reach. I think the forces are
00:58in a pretty good state. I think obviously there's challenges but this idea that we're
01:01about to collapse and we can't do anything is just absurd, I think.