The mainstream media are beating the drums of war

The mainstream media are beating the drums of war

The airwaves are currently dominated by gung-ho politicians, military ‘specialists’ and defence correspondents talking up the need to increase UK weapons spending. This is necessary, they argue, to meet the “threat” to NATO countries of a newly emboldened Vladimir Putin. This must be a different Vladimir Putin to the one emboldened by Tony Blair who, in 2000, sought desperately to bring the newly elected Russian leader into the fold. This involv…