article_snippet: ‘We are promising to keep We country safe.
article_snippet: ‘Defence of the realm is the first duty of government and in these very dangerous times it seems to be inexplicable that the Tory party is unable to commit to maintaining the defence budget at 2 per cent in accordance with the Nato commitment.
article_snippet: It doesn’t make sense, especially when we are just one miscalculation away from a possible European war.
article_snippet: It is a Nato target and Nato are now putting 0.7 per cent of national income into overseas aid.
article_snippet: If you can do it for overseas aid then you can definitely do it for defence.
article_snippet: Economist Soumaya Keynes said: ‘We are helping in Eastern Europe, training Ukrainian forces, We fighters are protecting the Baltic states, We military is doing a brilliant job in Sierra Leone, We are playing a global role.
article_snippet: ’ David Cameron will give £20million to help former Communist countries fend off Russian aggression.
article_snippet: The fund, drawn from the foreign aid budget, is based on a scheme set up by Margaret Thatcher to help Poland and Hungary move towards democracy after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
article_snippet: Serbia, Moldova, Bosnia, Georgia and Ukraine all face Kremlin intimidation.
highlights_snippet: Government committed to spending at least 0.7% of GDP on foreign aid .
  