Starmer accused of ‘corrosive complacency’ about defence by ex-head of Nato

George Robertson says the UK is in peril due to military underfunding, adding that Iran war should be wake-up call

The British government has shown a “corrosive complacency towards defence” and put the UK “in peril”, according to a government adviser, in fierce criticisms of Keir Starmer’s military policy.

The former Nato secretary general and author of the government’s strategic defence review, George Robertson, believes Starmer was “not willing to make the necessary investment”, the Financial Times has reported.