However, as Watkins observed, its place in mainstream politics has now given way to a new \u201cconsensus\u201d among Labour, the Conservatives and Reform UK that \u201cthe U.K. should be stepping back from global leadership on poverty reduction.\u201d<\/p>\n
Defense on the march<\/strong><\/p>\n The contrast with the mood among defense suppliers \u2014 who have at times been regarded with suspicion in Labour circles \u2014 could hardly be more marked.\u00a0<\/p>\n Andrew Kinniburgh, director general of manufacturers\u2019 body Make UK, said: \u201cCertainly the message we get [from the government] is that defense is really at the heart of what they\u2019re doing, and it’s probably at the front of the queue in terms of leading growth.\u201d<\/p>\n A representative of an aerospace company, granted anonymity to speak freely, described the cognitive dissonance experienced by some in the industry.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cDid I think Labour would invest in defense? Yes. Did I ever think one of our biggest export cheerleaders would be David Lammy? No.\u201d<\/p>\n Lammy, until recently the foreign secretary, is drawn from the \u201csoft left\u201d of the party, which is traditionally less hawkish and more skeptical of the arms industry \u2014 but defense is having a moment, as Labour\u2019s quest for jobs and growth coincides with heightened external threats, particularly from Russia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"However, as Watkins observed, its place in mainstream politics has now given way to a new \u201cconsensus\u201d among…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[356,748,1193,2437,6217,473,12495,393,805,90439,4884,1195,806,1197,154680,807,60847,9899,384,1144,332,712,811,27005,16,15,49,1764,771],"class_list":{"0":"post-462049","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"category-united-kingdom","9":"tag-aerospace","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-british-politics","12":"tag-companies","13":"tag-david-lammy","14":"tag-defense","15":"tag-development","16":"tag-england","17":"tag-foreign-policy","18":"tag-gordon-brown","19":"tag-great-britain","20":"tag-growth","21":"tag-industry","22":"tag-investment","23":"tag-jenny-chapman","24":"tag-keir-starmer","25":"tag-luke-pollard","26":"tag-ngos","27":"tag-nigel-farage","28":"tag-northern-ireland","29":"tag-russia","30":"tag-scotland","31":"tag-security","32":"tag-tony-blair","33":"tag-uk","34":"tag-united-kingdom","35":"tag-united-states","36":"tag-wales","37":"tag-war"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115291096905073737","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}