{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/4bee4cf8-df50-445a-9c80-bc573f030fde/691de9b05e54c6660a21d2c4?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Is Britain too weak to defend itself? ","description":"<p>Jonathan Gullis sits in for Ian Collins as we ask if Britain is too weak to defend itself? </p><p><br></p><p>Shadow Defence Minister Mark Francois reacts to the major review warning the UK is not ready for war - from depleted forces and missed spending targets to the risks facing Britain’s military and NATO commitments.</p><p><br></p><p>We then turn to Labour’s growing civil war as Green councillor Martin Abrams joins us to discuss the left-wing revolt against Keir Starmer, the Tribune Group’s manoeuvres, and fresh infighting across Labour and Your Party ahead of their inaugural conference.</p><p><br></p><p>Independent councillor John Edwards weighs in on the row over St George’s flags after a police chief branded them “tools of division,\" amid soaring public anger and renewed debate over national identity, policing and asylum reform.</p>","author_name":"Talk"}