“Ban all defence and military expenditure” Responsible department: Her Majesty’s Treasury.
We no longer have an empire to defend and we no longer need defence: no-one will attack us if we treat others fairly.
All we need is sufficient expenditure to support UN peacekeeping forces. The resulting savings will be both financial – over £30 billion a year – and human – no more unnecessary war deaths and injuries. The money saved will help social and economic development and the retention of our shrinking public services. Sign the petition at http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/ petitions/7780
