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"textContent": "\n\n\nAn ex-Nato chief has slammed Sir Keir Starmer over \"corrosive complacency\" and has warned Britain's national security is \"in peril\".\n\nLord George Robertson, former Nato General Secretary and author of the Government's strategic defence review has slammed the Prime Minister, saying he is \"not willing to make the necessary investment\" to protect the UK.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nAlso, in a speech on Tuesday he will say: \"We are underprepared. We are underinsured. We are under attack. We are not safe...\n\n\"Britain's national security and safety is in peril.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nHaving led Nato from 1999 to 2003, Lord Robertson will also say in his speech that \"non-military experts in the Treasury\" causing \"vandalism\".\n\nIn an interview in the Financial Times, the peer also referenced the \"ever-expanding welfare budget\" as a reason why we cannot \"defend Britain\".\n\n**_MORE TO FOLLOW..._**\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n * ‘National disgrace!’ Keir Starmer accused of driving British Army veterans to brink of suicide\n * Keir Starmer’s 'one-in, one-out' deal sees taxpayer cost hit £50k per migrant sent back to France\n * Keir Starmer's mentor accuses PM of 'betrayal' over controversial plans to axe jury trials\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
"title": "Ex-Nato chief slams Keir Starmer over 'corrosive complacency' and warns Britain's national security is 'in peril'"
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