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\n LONDON (AP) \u2014 British opposition leader Keir Starmer pledged Monday to keep the U.K.\u2019s nuclear weapons, seeking to dispel criticisms that his center-left Labour Party is soft on defense.Starmer is the current favorite to win Britain\u2019s July 4 election and become prime minister. His campaign is centered on his claim to have transformed the party since he replaced Jeremy Corbyn, a longtime opponent of nuclear weapons and critic of NATO, as Labour leader in 2020.Starmer, 61, told voters they can trust Labour to safeguard the country\u2019s economy, borders and security \u2014 trying to overturn a perception that Labour is weaker on security and more profligate with taxpayers\u2019 money, than Prime Minister Rishi Suank\u2019s center-right Conservatives.\u201cMy commitment to the nuclear deterrent is absolute,\u201d Starmer said Monday during a campaign appearance at a military museum in Bury, northwest England.<\/p>\n
\u201cNobody who aspires to be prime minister would set out the circumstances in which it would be used. That would be irresponsible, but it is there as part of a vital part of our defense, so of course we would have to be prepared to use it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Britain has been a nuclear power since the 1950s, and both Labour and Conservative governments have consistently supported atomic weapons. Since the 1990s, Britain\u2019s nuclear deterrent has consisted of four Royal Navy submarines armed with Trident missiles.<\/p>\n
Starmer said a Labour government would build the four new nuclear submarines that the Conservatives have already committed to. He criticized the Conservatives for defense spending cuts that had given the U.K. \u201cthe smallest army since the time of Napoleon,\u201d the French leader who fought Britain 200 years ago.He said the world had entered \u201ca new age of insecurity\u201d and \u201cnational security is the most important issue of our times.\u201dThe schism between pro- and anti-nuclear forces was long a fault-line in the Labour Party. It was Prime Minister Clement Attlee\u2019s Labour government that developed atomic weapons in the years following World War II, making Britain the world\u2019s third nuclear-armed state after the United States and the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n
Starmer said his entire top team shared his commitment to the nuclear arsenal, even though several members, including deputy leader Angela Rayner and foreign affairs spokesman David Lammy, voted against renewing Trident in 2016.He also pledged that a Labour government would increase defense spending to 2.5% of Gross Domestic Product, though he has not set a deadline. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says his Conservatives will meet the target by 2030.Defense Secretary Grant Shapps said Starmer had delivered \u201canother empty speech.\u201d\u201cBy refusing to commit to 2.5% defense spending by 2030 he has been unable to show the clear and bold leadership this country needs in uncertain times,\u201d Shapps said.The Conservatives, who have been in office for 14 years, are trying to overcome a widespread sense that voters want change. On July 4 voters across the U.K. will elect lawmakers to fill all 650 seats in the House of Commons. The leader of the party that can command a Commons majority \u2014 either alone or in coalition \u2014 will become prime minister.<\/p>\n
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