Robertson: Complacent government has put UK 'in peril'

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Lord Robertson, the former NATO chief and co-author of the Strategic Defence Review, says the Iran war “has to be a rude wake-up call” on UK defence spending and criticises Treasury 'vandals' for under-funding the armed forces. Skycutter, a UK drone start-up, claims it may need to move to the US if the MoD doesn't take on its products while Defence Select Committee member Mike Martin calls for a 'root and branch' review of procurement. Plus, four ships pass through the US blockade of Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz, why the grades of white working-class girls are falling, and the director of the new film, 'The Wizard of the Kremlin', on the risks of making a movie about President Putin.