Gordon Brown critical of aircraft carrier cuts

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk

As the tussle between Liam Fox and David Cameron over defence spending continues, Gordon Brown has weighed in – arguing that cutting spending on aircraft carriers could prove more costly that completing them. According to the BBC, Brown was in Rosyth dockyard in Fife today, and said:

“We have 1,500 people who are serving the country here who are building and assembling parts of the aircraft carriers and they will be essential to the defence of Britain in future years.”

“We’ve got 170 apprentices here who have been taken on specifically for the aircraft carrier and they deserve the right to know that the work that they’re doing, which is of great national importance, is going to continue.”