“Come November people are not be going to the election booths, they are actually going to the recruiting centres. Because if things go badly we could be involved in a war with Russia”. UK defence spending is crucial because Putin is an “autocratic tyrant” and “putting everything into his armaments” says former army officer and chemical weapons expert Hamish de Bretton-Gordon 📻 Listen to Times Radio - https://www.thetimes.co.uk/radio 📍 Subscribe to our channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTjDhFuGXlhx9Us0gq0VK2w 🗞 Subscribe to The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/subscribe/radio-3for3/ 📲 Get the free Times Radio app https://www.thetimes.co.uk/radio/how-to-listen-to-times-radio/app