Defence spending should not be a choice of welfare or warfare (opens in new tab)

Readers on the purpose of Nato and the merits of increasing military spending in straitened timesI was pleased to see your editorial challenging the rightwing narrative from George Robertson, who is demanding less welfare and more warfare (The Guardian view on defence spending: should the UK’s security rest with Donald Trump?, 14 April).Why not extend the argument about the purpose of UK defence strategy to Nato more generally? The role of Nato is tied to the declining power of the US, as we ...