Widely trailed, it will back the idea of increasing arms spending to 2.5% by 2027 and 3% by the end of next parliament. If that military support is finally withdrawn, the idea that the Europeans could plug the gap is strictly fantasy. The truth is the whole ‘security’ narrative of Russia as a threat to wider Europe is a product of overheated, hawkish imagination. Dressing up military spending as job creation is typical of the calculated cynicism of this government. The real impact of arms spending and militarisation will be disastrous at home.