Mark Francois talks about Neville Chamberlain "denuding the British forces of funding until it was too late."
This is wrong. Even while Chamberlain was signing the Munich Agreement in 1938, he was agreeing to a huge increase in spending to increase Britain’s armament in preparation for war.
#MarkGinoFrancois, #MP
I find it deeply troubling that a #UK politicians who used to be Minister of State for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans and then Minister of State for the #ArmedForces doesn't know these essential fact.
What he has been (wrongly) saying about deluding the #pre-WWII #British#military is, in contrast, very true...