Arms can lift ecomony

KEIR Starmer's decision to embark upon a major military expansion could pay dividends for Scotland's economy.

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We already have a significant base to build from given existing ship building at BAE Systems on the River Clyde and Babcock Rosyth in Fife.

The nuclear submarine fleet is, of course, based at Faslane and we have a major RAF base at Lossiemouth.

Major weapons firms are already also based in Scotland with Leonardo in Edinburgh, Raytheon in Glenrothes and Livingston, and Thales in Govan.

It is easy to see therefor the huge financial boost that could come our way from the UK Government ramping up military spending from around £65billion at the moment to £100billion as Nato would like.