transitionsec.bsky.social
Investigating the US and UK military industrial complexes as economic, climate and geopolitical threats. By @cmmonwealth.bsky.social and @cplusc.bsky.social.
👤 Joined on 19 August 2025
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@transitionsec.bsky.socialKudos to our friends at TSP for their excellent new report and the media coverage it has generated for this crucial question of what UK 'defence' spending is actually for.
Show PostWhat is “defence” spending for? This is the sort of public intervention we desperately need, from the excellent @transitionsec.bsky.social
Show PostI'm a Fellow of @transitionsec.bsky.social and I strongly endorse this analysis. There's a lot of performative Seriousness from pundits and politicians on military spending. It's time we had a genuinely serious conversation around these issues, and I hope this new report can help to stimulate one.
Show PostImportant work. The UK faces real threats, but there’s also a real risk that in rushing to meet arbitrary targets we fail to apply the same level of scrutiny to defence that we do to the rest of government spending. With other capital budgets already being cut to fund the DIP, that can’t continue.
Show Post“The assault has been not only on the people of Gaza, but on the environment that makes life possible.” Patrick Bigger examines Gaza’s destroyed farmland, polluted water and toxic air, making the case for ecocide. zeteo.uk/p/ecocide-in...
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