Sophia McBride
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Security & Defence Producer @SkyNews. London based, Belfast bred. Ex-Foreign News Editor & Europe Producer. @JSchofieldTrust fellow.
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https://sophiacmcbride.com 15-02-2011 18:30:17
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A pledge by the PM to put the arms industry on a 'war footing' & boost defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2030 will ring as hollow as his military unless he wins the election. So why didn't Rishi Sunak make the move sooner & aim higher given the threat?
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BREAKING: UK warplanes shot down a number of Iranian attack drones as part of efforts to defend Israel from Iran’s unprecedented offensive overnight, PM Rishi Sunak says
NEW: The UK should consider sending troops to Ukraine to give training and other support to Ukrainian forces in the war with Russia - though away from the frontline, former armed forces minister Rt Hon James Heappey MP has said.
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Sat down with Deborah Haynes for long chat on all I’ve been doing for last few years as MinAF. We’ve got to keep pushing boundaries of our support for Ukraine. We’ve got to fund defence better with 2.5% of GDP now & 3% by 2030. And we’ve got to improve our strategic resilience.
Former defence minister says UK needs to be better prepared for war, including reconnecting with a “strategic reserve” of veterans who could be called on in a crisis. Rt Hon James Heappey MP also says UK should consider sending troops to Ukraine - but not frontline ⬇️
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Super exciting to meet Katie Potter and hear all about her journalism journey so far! Exciting times ahead no doubt
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NEW: A whistleblower who raised the alarm 18 months ago about alleged sexual harassment and abuse onboard the UK's nuclear-armed submarines says she feels let down and left in limbo by the Royal Navy 1/🧵
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On the #Daily , Tom Cheshire is joined by Deborah Haynes, who has seen documents outlining the UK's preparedness for nuclear war, and asks former soldier and now defence policy expert, Robert Clark, what the military will need to do to prepare for war
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The government has no national plan for the defence of the UK in a war despite renewed threats of conflict, Sky News has learnt.
Sky's security and defence editor Deborah Haynes reports👇
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The British government has no plan for national defence, the mobilisation of its citizens or of its industry in the event of a war, even as defence sec Grant Shapps in January raised the spectre of a 'pre-war world'.
In-depth investigation by Deborah Haynes
There is no plan. An issue I think is crucial for our preparedness, deterrence, and force structures.
Pleased to support this work from Deborah Haynes - not easy to report on something that doesn’t exist!
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