Welfare NOT Warfare / Scotland national demonstration

Name: Welfare NOT Warfare / Scotland national demonstration
Start: 2025-05-10T12:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-05-10T16:00:00+01:00
Location: Buchanan St Steps

Schedule

Sat May 10 2025 at 12:00 pm to 04:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Buchanan St Steps | Glasgow, SC

Keir Starmer has put himself at the centre of a war drive,
increasing UK ‘defence’ spending to ever higher levels.
This pours fuel on the fire of a world where war and genocide are spreading, and where great power competition threatens escalation and nuclear war.
It is no coincidence the rush to ramp up military spending comes as the government launches fresh cuts to welfare and attacks on disabled people.
Every penny that goes on weapons of mass destruction, supplying
Israel with the technology it needs to carry out the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, or maintaining the Trident nuclear base in Faslane, is a penny that could be used to improve ordinary people’s lives.
Starmer’s push for an increase of over £6 billion per year to military spending could pay for:
• Thousands more doctors, nurses, hospitals and ambulances for the NHS
• Almost 40,000 new council homes
• Much needed funding for schools, colleges and universities
• Pay rises to cope with inflation and rising energy bills
Join us to say #WelfareNotWarfare”