Former MI6 chief: Next PM will be hit by the 'gravity' of the role | ITV News
The first duty of a government is to defend the country, Sir Alex Younger, the former MI6 chief, told ITV News Global Security Editor Rohit Kachroo.
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I voted remain because I was concerned about potential future wars. I explained this to an ex friend. She said "there won't be any more wars." I knew the "savings" from leaving the EU would not be spent on the NHS; it was obvious defence spending would need to increase.
@user-tz9pr7tq7k
3 күн бұрын
"There won't be any more wars"? Anybody with half a brain cell, leave or remain, knows there are ALWAYS wars. We are homosapiens.
@lacdirk
Сағат бұрын
There were no savings. Brexit has led to a 40 billion reduction in government revenue (because of a 100-150 billion reduction in the size of the economy). So there's less money to spend. We also need to spend tens of billions on new paperwork (split between government and private sector). Immigration needs to be higher (because it's a less efficient kind of immigration) and costs more. And that's without even talking about the loss of personal rights and freedoms.
Why can't we have this quality of individual in politics? Led by Donkeys. It's beyond a joke now, we need radical change to our democratic system to get some of the the best minds in government and in opposition.
@DrDanielHoward
3 күн бұрын
On my channel I put a 15 min video presenting powerful reasons to vote REFORM UK. I hope it will help undecided voters.
@mogzybuster
3 күн бұрын
@@DrDanielHoward No. There is much more at stake than immigration, Tories tried that, banging on about Rwanda since Sunak took office and reform is more of Truss-o-nomics and fantasy. Real problems, cost of living, NHS, GP appointments, dentists, child poverty etc; all need addressing, but not with fantasy Reform Ltd politics.
@DrDanielHoward
3 күн бұрын
@@mogzybuster The ONLY TOPIC IS IMMIGRATION. I was in Luton town a month ago and did not see a single white face in the entire town. All other topics can wait. There are Africans and Asians just off the boat or plane walking all over the place and unless you move your behind and vote for Farage they will take over the entire nation. That is the reality of the situation! so stop your nonsense People simply have to get off their backside today and vote REFORM.
@DrDanielHoward
Күн бұрын
@@mogzybuster And with Trotsky in charge? I think in two or three years we will go cap in hand to the IMF. You really believe that putting these communist losers in charge of everything will fix things? Lammy insulting Trump etc? Instead of burning clean coal (for which we have 200 year reserves under our feet) they want to create this enormously expensive "state company for green energy" costing many many billions. They want to means test the old age pension. They want to tax Shell and BP who may as a consequence de-list, so I ask you: what is the point of working and saving money? Their and your ideologically driven ideas will scare all of the winners out of these islands because we are more capable than the losers please remember that. Just like the poor third world migrants coming here for benefits and miserable jobs, we can also emigrate and take our ideas and riches elsewhere to enrich a different part of the world.
@lacdirk
Сағат бұрын
@@DrDanielHoward Vote reform if you are pro-Putin and think the UK should have let Hitler do what he wanted.
The next Prime minister can start by sacking him and his friends.
There speaks a true professional who should be listened to. I only hope the message gets through?
Starmer has at least worked with the security services and managed a section of it!!! This means actually 'worked' there .
I still want to be PM I would want to solve everything. I'm without a politics degree, but I love intelligent answers.
Wise and considered words, very dispassionate
What a great Scot is Alex Younger ❤ Rory Stuart's father was the Head in waiting for Mi6 🇬🇧
This guy said autocratic nations don't make alliances 🙄
@thomasbootham2707
2 күн бұрын
Even if they do they don’t last all it takes is for both autocrats to fall out then the alliance breaks down
@lacdirk
Сағат бұрын
They can't, really, because they don't stick to the rule of law. The whole point is that hierarchy determines who is right, not the law. That means that a treaty with an autocratic nation isn't worth the paper it is printed on. Most of the progress since WW2 has come on the foundation of binding international legal systems that make treaties more reliable. Without that, you can't build big, reliable alliances like NATO or the EU. That would not be a complete disaster for very large countries, like the US, China, India and Russia, but it would be for smaller countries, including the UK.
Hit by the gravity of the next crisis the intelligence agencies are about to manufacture and mi6 Starmer will have to play along and do a good acting job. 😂
We know he wont give the order, its you lot.
Because the Tories/Grant Schnaps - or whatever his name is - have crapped all over this issue for over a decade.
Oh I don't think your seen punishment yet.
Britain has probably one of the best security intelligence services (if not the best) Therefore Any decisions at N10 to safeguard the nation is much easier than it is in some other nations.
@ltribley
3 күн бұрын
Not so. Just like the US CIA, MI6 is totally involved in misinformation narratives. For example, do you really believe that Russia provoked the War in Ukraine when in fact it started years ago when Clinton expanded NATO Eastward violating their promise to Russia and Russia for YEAR stated Ukraine was the absolute Red line. Like the US, citizens in the UK are constantly lied to with misinformation narratives daily. In fact the British press is much worse than the US which is also really bad. People have to be really gullible to believe that Britons problems are primarily the fault of Russia and now with China added to the mix.
@cameupstarvin7351
3 күн бұрын
According to who?
@mtdteedee2856
3 күн бұрын
Look around the globe 🌎. Why do people come here ? Is it for the weather ?
@cameupstarvin7351
Күн бұрын
@@mtdteedee2856 It's the labour market mate. Don't kid yourself into thinking it's anything else. Everything else here is a joke, especially the indigenous culture.
@mtdteedee2856
Күн бұрын
Well yea 👍 A pyramid has less stone at the top and more stone further down
The previous ones were not it seems.
Oh yea they are
RM Williams boots?
Vote Reform, 20/25pct and rising
@mogzybuster
3 күн бұрын
Not for a Putler enabler
@lacdirk
Сағат бұрын
Vote Reform if you hate the west, and Britain in particular.
Why is this imperialist gentleman so welcomed among the comments. The day Britain burned the Summer Palace is long gone dears
@thomasbootham2707
3 күн бұрын
How is he imperialist?
@gillps5130
23 сағат бұрын
Imperialist?
Good luck all, I'm praying for reform. I will say this if Starmer gets into number 10 he will be told by the Americans to tell us that we the UK are at war with Russia before the end of this year. God help us.
@lacdirk
Сағат бұрын
While Reform has made clear it will be siding with Russia.
Same old war rhetoric, how about everyone just agreeing to get on. Share the wealth feed and educate fix the planet what about those things we all know is possible, stop spending trillions on warfare, really it's not rocket science c'mon.
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Who is this dude, no one elected him. These people think we're mugs 😁
@thomasbootham2707
Күн бұрын
Why should we elect him do you think the average voter in the street knows anything about intelligence and intelligence gathering
With two million immigrants coming in every year there is a lot for them to look at vote reform 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
@mogzybuster
3 күн бұрын
Absolute snake oil bile, why vote for a company where Farage & Tice bank accounts swell as a result? Never Reform Ltd
@lacdirk
Сағат бұрын
That was what the British people voted for when they voted to leave the EU so they could implement Johnson's new immigration system.
Totally unprepared. This is gonna be hilarious 🍿 😂
@csharpe5787
3 күн бұрын
How is he unprepared? What the hell are you talking about?
That's handy because he's a Mi6 asset anyway. Hand picked, just like Rishi.
The Uk has had its day…
@thomasbootham2707
2 күн бұрын
It really hasn’t it’s fell into a ditch in the road and we can get out of it the uk has faced far worse problems
No to vaccine passports
We left the EU so what's this about ?
@csharpe5787
3 күн бұрын
Might be trying to wake people up from their sleepwalk. Proportion of this population seems to be brain-dead. Brexit has screwed this country over.
@RAGSTAluvsDA90z
3 күн бұрын
DAVID Cameron said, they'll be a war once UK has fully left the EU, economic war, immigration war, input food tax war, sunflower oil etc
@thomasbootham2707
Күн бұрын
He’s saying that we’ve lost influence and clout because of leaving the eu whether you agree with him is a different matter but that’s what he is saying
@lacdirk
58 минут бұрын
It's about some of the inevitable consequences of leaving the EU, which were not discussed before the vote, and that have barely been acknowledged since then. We'll be dealing with the fallout of that idiotic referendum forever. Might as well start to get honest about it.
We're buggered, Starmer crumbles when asked what is a women, imagine if he has to make decisions were our nation and life's depend on it. He'll be truly stuck between his ideology and what's right for the British people.
@gillps5130
23 сағат бұрын
What makes you think he'll be stuck?
No you do not, i was in the forces for 18 years, we had ruperts who thought they were the bees knees, well let me tell you one wrong word from a rupert would spell thir death sentence, so go ahead Starmer lets see your true colours and see if you survive.
Brexit disaster continues
@Berry-fr5wj
3 күн бұрын
why has every country in the west , higher inflation ? And the UK is better off in terms of economics
@lacdirk
55 минут бұрын
@@Berry-fr5wj The interview is about the loss of influence, i.e. the fact that the UK has less control over its own fate now. The guy is well-placed to explain the dramatic decline of the UK.
Vote Reform 🎉 🚀 🛸
@lacdirk
58 минут бұрын
If you are pro-Putin, sure.
Russophobia nonsens
@crocolagerfelden6142
4 сағат бұрын
Innit, Ivan
Haha yeah welcome to broken britain
Labour will make it much worse 😂😂😂😂😂😂
"The first duty of a government is to defend the country"! I am sorry to inform but having open borders and letting the small boats who bring in Unvetted people pretty much sums up a track record of national securuty failures! 10 years to war, well intelligence and military is more widely open to those who are part of feeds of those who were in high military positons and recently retired who give a different perspectives of densive capabilities of Ukraine and Russia and how to resolve before we go further, we the UK for our armed forces need 75 Billion so our troops can fight on multiple fronts! As America would in terms of defending Taiwan against China and posibily Iran and some of the other Brics nations!
@gillps5130
23 сағат бұрын
Yes, I think.
I still want to be PM I would want to solve everything. I'm without a politics degree, but I love intelligent answers.