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Politics · 14 April 2026

Ex-NATO Chief Warns Britain's Security Is Under Threat

Ex-NATO Chief Warns Britain's Security Is Under Threat

Pexels / Lina Kivaka

Lord George Robertson, former NATO Secretary General (1999–2003), will warn that Britain's ability to defend itself is at serious risk. Speaking in Salisbury, Robertson, who authored the government's strategic defence review, will caution that the UK has shown dangerous complacency toward defence, leaving national security genuinely exposed and vulnerable.

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