Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon says Britain is primed for a nationalist movement as the Tories move the country further into disarray.
Bannon, who worked under Donald Trump during the first seven month's of the ex-President's term, believes the British media is "dumb and lazy" and are not ready for a change in British politics.
Speaking exclusively to Nigel Farage on GB News, the political strategist issued a bleak outlook over the UK's near future.
He said: “The British media is dumb and lazy.
“We’re at the tip of the spear of the populist nationalist movement.
“Of course, what the Tories stand for is absolutely nothing. British politics is a disaster right now."
Steve Bannon says the UK is primed for a populist uprising
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“The Tories stand for nothing and they’re going to get smoked when the next election comes up, then there will be some reformation of true British politics, I think around more of a populist, nationalist mentality.
“The British press are dumb, lazy and they’re bought off.
“Britain is a terrible place, saying they’re in a bad place is not enough.”
Steve Bannon expressed concerns over the Ukraine war and believes the funding for Zelensky's war efforts should be ground to a halt.
He said: “Their sons and daughters are the ones who are going to go and die on foreign battlefields.
“The people of England have to understand right now, if you continue down this path, your sons and daughters are going to be dying in Ukraine in their efforts to take back Ukraine.”
Nigel Farage questioned Bannon over the “scepticism” seen in the US over the Ukraine war.
Bannon responded: “We’ve got to go to zero money. Cut it all off.
“They have to go to the negotiating table and figure this thing out.
“There’s 40,000 dead women and children, and they’re fighting over the Russian-speaking eastern border of Ukraine.
Putin's war in Ukraine continuesReuters“Ukraine gets to decide American foreign policy."
It comes after Ben Wallace said the British Army’s equipment was “desperately in need of replacement” and that Russia’s attack on Ukraine meant some upgrades needed to happen faster than initially planned.
The Defence Secretary told Conservative Home’s defence and security conference: “What happened before Ukraine is we unlocked a huge investment from the then-chancellor and the prime minister, the £24 billion or £16 billion of extra that, in some case, dealt with the historical black holes, but also managed to start that modernisation.
“We were prepared to take some risks in the timeframes of bringing in new capability.
“Then, of course, (Russian president Vladimir) Putin invades Ukraine and that changes some of those middle-of-the-decade timetables that we were prepared to take a risk in.
“That is partly … the negotiations I’m involved in are about how I can bring some equipment forward in order to mitigate those risks.”
Mr Wallace also called for the UK to move to a 10-year budget framework for defence to provide long-term stability when it comes to military investment.
The Defence Secretary added he is “pretty confident” he will get the investment boost he requires in the Budget next week.
Steve Bannon spoke to Nigel Farage in an exclusive GB News interview
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It follows reports that Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is set to increase the Ministry of Defence’s budget by between £4-5 billion over the next two years to keep pace with inflation — a sum which is around £5 billion short of what Ben Wallace was said to be calling for.
Mr Wallace, asked at Conservative Home’s defence and security conference whether he was confident he would receive the “amount of money our armed forces need”, said: “I’m pretty confident, yes.”
He also suggested a “clear signal” needed to be given to the public and the Treasury that, in future spending reviews, “defence will have a greater share than it traditionally has done”.
