Adam Boulton: Tories trying to open election divide over defence, but Sir Keir Starmer says he is not Jeremy ‘Stop the War’ Corbyn

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We have been warned. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's pre-election pitch to voters this week was to place the nation on "war footing". On a lightning visit to Poland and Germany, countries redolent of bloody war in Europe, he announced "a completely funded plan" to raise annual UK defence spending to 2.5% of national income over the next five to six years. Twenty-five years ago this week another UK prime minister also had war fighting on his mind. Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv moves US tanks away from frontlines after 'hunter-killer drone' attacks Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video...