24/04/2026
On the prosecution of former soldiers Kemi says:-
“Next week, it will get worse. The Government is forcing a vote on the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill, another piece of legislation aimed at prosecuting our soldiers. It has Starmer and Hermer’s fingerprints all over it.
Of course, British soldiers should fight within the law. But hounding our veterans through the courts will have a chilling effect on our ability to recruit people to the Army.
It is a brain-dead strategy at a time when the priority should be growing our Armed Forces.
Former Labour defence secretaries are pleading with the Prime Minister to increase defence spending. The long-awaited Defence Investment Plan is nine months late. But the Government seems to have no trouble finding time to harass our soldiers.
These are serious times Britain is living through. War in Europe and in the Middle East.
It’s not just Labour. The Greens want to leave Nato and scrap our nuclear deterrent. The Liberal Democrats seriously think that more borrowing is an option while bond markets are wobbling. Reform hasn’t even bothered to appoint a defence or foreign affairs spokesman. The Conservatives’ shadow attorney general, Lord Wolfson, is representing veterans in the Supreme Court for free. That is the difference.
Only the Conservatives are holding Labour to account, and only the Conservatives, under my leadership, can keep Britain safe in a dangerous world.”
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