For more than a decade while it was in power, the former Conservative government railed against a great, faceless bureaucracy it blamed for undermining its ambitions for the Department of National Defence (DND). Blair also claimed that under the current government, defence spending is in the process of doubling to $40 billion annually. When the Conservatives cut the defence budget, that third category was the one that took a major hit. Perhaps that's a pause, a moment to pause for reflection and ask ourselves, is this really the time to cut the defence budget? He said it was rather a reduction in the pace at which we have been increasing the defence budget.
