http://www.voanews5aitmne6gs2btokcacixclgfl43cv27sirgbauyyjylwpdtqd.onion/a/britain-tackling-russia-china-threats-amid-economic-woes-at-home-/7006635.html
'Second-rate' economy "If the U.K. really wants to be global Britain, wants to be a force on the world stage, wants to be at the front of the pack when it comes to responding to Russia or to China, then we need more money to do that," Lawrence said. "At the moment, we're trying to run a first-rate military, which is up there competing with the U.S. and China and Russia, on a second-rate economy, because we're lagging behind many other of our peers at the moment," he said.