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Britain and its people not safe, warns ex-Nato chief
The Herald
|July 19, 2025
BRITAIN and its people are not safe, a former Nato general secretary has warned, as he told Parliament describing the country as underprepared for war is an “understatement”.
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Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, who co-wrote the Strategic Defence Review (SDR), said the UK is lacking in ammunition, training, people, logistics, and medical capacity.
He told the upper chamber: “Bearing in mind the difficult world that we live in and have to survive in, this is what I firmly believe: we are underinsured, we are underprepared, we are not safe. This country and its people are not safe.
This story is from the July 19, 2025 edition of The Herald.
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