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‘Lamps would go out across Europe’ under Greens or Reform, Starmer to claim
Starmer warns Reform UK and Greens threaten NATO and European security by being soft on Russia and risking key alliances, urging Europe to reduce US defence reliance.
- On Saturday at the Munich Security Conference, Sir Keir Starmer will warn that `the lamps would go out across Europe once again` if Reform UK or the Green Party win power.
- Starmer will argue Reform UK and the Green Party are `the peddlers of easy answers on the extreme left and the extreme right` and are `soft on Russia` and `weak on NATO`.
- Regarding procurement and alliances, Starmer will press Europe to reduce reliance on the US for defence and insist the UK must get closer to the EU on military equipment, despite not expected to speed up the pledge from over 2.3% to 3.5% of GDP.
- The remarks prompted an immediate backlash, with a Green Party source telling The Times this is a caretaker Prime Minister running scared, while the February 26 Gorton and Denton by-election will test public mood.
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