Defence funding to 3% of GDP

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/DefenceAt3pcGDP/

Please sign this petition. It is the only one I have seen that doesn’t allow the government to gloss over their half measures. A total of 200 signatures by February will ensure a reply from number ten.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to increase Defence funding to 3% of GDP by 2012.

Although defence spending increases steadily, it increases by small amounts and remains lower than needed to defend UK interests. The UK National Defence Association calls for a level of defence spending at 3% of GDP. This is still lower than the level when the Falklands Conflict was fought.