“The argument that you do need to put half a million new young men and women under the British flag to prepare for a possible contingency is, I think, quite logical.”

Britain is ‘in a state of war,’ albeit not a full blown one, says former NATO director of planning policy Fabrice Pothier.

📻 Listen to Times Radio - https://www.thetimes.co.uk/radio

📍 Subscribe to our channel -    / @listentotimesradio  

🗞 Subscribe to The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/subscribe/...

📲 Get the free Times Radio app https://www.thetimes.co.uk/radio/how-...