“Boris Johnson accused of retreat on terrorism as £400m cut from fight against ISIS,” by Chris McLaughlin, Mirror, December 5, 2020:
Boris Johnson has been accused of making a “secret” retreat in the battle against terrorism.
It follows the revelation £400million is being slashed from a fund that tackles Isis extremism at its roots in Afghanistan and the Middle East.
The cut was buried in the recent Government spending review which boosts military spending by £16.5billion over four years and was hailed by the PM as ending “an era of retreat”.
But Labour ’s Shadow Foreign Secretary, Lisa Nandy, says Mr Johnson’s boast masked the fact the Conflict Security and Stability Fund budget was being slashed from £1.2bn a year to £800m.
The fund helps combat the influence of Isis through intelligence and education, disrupts cyber-terrorists and is in the frontline against misinformation about Covid vaccines.
Ms Nandy said: “Boris Johnson ’s Government is leaving a gaping hole in our defences by the backdoor.”
The Wigan MP added: “This secret cut comes when national security should be an absolute top priority where it matters. Terrorism, cyber attacks, disinformation and organised crime pose a serious threat to people across the UK…..
Jayell says
This at a time when I believe the UK has recently given £millions in aid to China?
LB says
This amount is also very close to the “Palestinian” aid UK has handed out over the years. So in essence, the UK has given its jihad counter-terror funds to jihad terrorists. If this doesn’t tell you that your government want you–native Brits–gone, I don’t know what does.
Check Burry says
Now if the money was transferred to fighting the nutjobs in uk I would possibly welcome it, but didnt the uk give palastyrene a bit more than that, more madness.
mortimer says
Boris has sold out to Arab interests, just like Tony Blair before him.
newsupplements says
Is Johnson actually a secret convert to Islam? It certainly seems a significant number of those in governemnt are according to where they direct what is supposed to be our public loot.
GreekEmpress says
He has Turkish ancestry—wouldn’t surprise me.
James Lincoln says
According to the feature article:
“Johnson has also just committed to the UN Migration Pact.”
And here I thought that after Brexit, muslim migration was going to grind to a halt.
So what was the point of Brexit?
Am I missing something?
Eva says
I don’t think that was ever ‘officially’ included, (of course not, it would have been ‘islamofauxbic’!) but I suspect it was the main reason why so many of us voted Brexit. It was certainly the reason I and everybody else I know did.
And, as usual, a corrupt and cowardly government has betrayed us all – AGAIN.
gravenimage says
Yes–Brexit *was* mostly about ending untrammled invasion into Britain. Who knows what it is now…
gravenimage says
UK: Johnson accused of ‘secret’ retreat on battling jihad terror as $538,000,000 slashed from anti-terror budget
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Very depressing…