The article critiques Labour's decision to cut the aid budget in favor of increased defense spending, highlighting that this choice is self-imposed and politically motivated rather than economically necessary. The author argues that reducing aid will exacerbate global instability by worsening crises like poverty and climate disasters. Labour's framing of this as a zero-sum game is seen as a political maneuver to counter Tory criticisms. The approach is likened to Donald Trump's America-first stance, suggesting a worrying alignment with undermining foreign aid as a tool for global security.
Cutting aid will make the world more unstable, not less. The very crises that fuel conflict...will only worsen with less development funding.
Labour wants to prove that it can be fiscally disciplined even when the numbers don't demand it. It wants to neutralise Tory attacks, even when the real battle is over priorities.
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