EP 08 | JOHNNY MERCER MP - GUEST | "UK VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEFENCE SPENDING & RUSSIA" FORMER MINISTER

The eight episode from the Commonwealth News Podcast, with your hosts Daniel Cave, Laurence Marshall and Simon Crundell, with SPECIAL GUST JOHNNY MERCER MP.  

Johnny is a former UK Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence People and Veterans. He is also a former UK Armed Forces Captain and Author of We Were Warriors: One Soldier's Story of Brutal Combat - https://www.amazon.co.uk/We-Were-Warriors-Soldiers-Brutal/dp/1509853006 

He discusses his life in the army, progressing to why he became an MP and why he resigned from the Government. He also discusses the policies he has been fighting for on behalf of veterans. Johnny touches on the subject of Russian and Ukraine and how this should effect our defence spending.  

Time Stamps:  

0:00 - Intro 

1:36 - Interview begins 

1:45 - Life in the military 

4:52 - Why Johnny became an MP 

6:20 - Why Johnny resigned from Government 

9:28 - Johnny discuses his Over-seas Veterans Bill, which removes their visa costs 

12:34 - Talks about the progress that the Government has made for veterans and what more can be done   

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