Andy Burnham needs to wake up and show us he understands defending Britain is his number one job

Burnham can’t hit ‘snooze’ on alarm “OUR NATIONAL security cannot come at the expense of our social security.” Remember Andy Burnham’s words well. Andy Burnham needs to wake up and show us he understands defending Britain is his number one job Credit: EPA Western intelligence chiefs are already preparing for Putin to expand his war across Europe Credit: AP Because the PM’s belief that an army of Benefits Street claimants comes before an army of soldiers will not only come back to haunt him. It will put this country in peril. Western intelligence chiefs are already preparing for mad dog Vladimir Putin to expand his war with Ukraine across Europe. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! Missile and drone provocations have become an almost daily occurrence along the Polish border, with yesterday’s scramble the fourth this week. The number of Russian airspace violations on Nato territory has leapt from 18 in 2025 to 60 so far this year. READ MORE ON ANDY BURNHAM The monster of Moscow is cornered due to the stalemate in his near five-year war on the courageous Ukrainian people. Putin knows that nothing he does can be worse for him than admitting defeat. That makes him even more dangerous. Mr Burnham cannot say he has not been warned about the parlous state of our defences by senior political and military leaders. Most read in The Sun Only last week Nato chief Mark Rutte urged Britain to outline a credible path to increasing defence spending. But as other leaders sound the alert, there is near silence from Number Ten. Our defence plan has a £5billion unplugged hole in it. Our commitment to increase spending is set so far in the future that it is rendered meaningless. And Labour’s decision to save £30million by cutting Army training has even been ridiculed by the French. Burnham needs to wake up to this threat, get on the front foot and show us he understands that defending this country is his number one job. Because without national security you have nothing, PM. Jungle a Wayne forest WAYNE ROONEY has always been a big signing. But by lining up the former Everton, Manchester United and England striker for the I’m A Celebrity jungle, ITV chiefs have played a blinder. As a World Cup TV pundit Wayne was a breath of fresh air. As a critter-chomping campmate in Oz he will be TV gold. Comment now