NEW REFORM POLICY: Farage and MacIntyre's plan to rebuild Britain's armed forces | Full breakdown

Wing Commander Angus MacIntyre, who has left the RAF after 40 years, joins Nigel Farage in London as Reform UK's Shadow Armed Forces Minister. He sets out how far Britain's forces have shrunk, and Reform's plan: 3% of national income on defence by 2030 and 3.5% by 2035, an overhaul of procurement, an end to prosecutions of veterans within 100 days, the Territorial Army name restored, cadets for every school and veterans first for housing. Farage explains why he thinks the country's priorities are back to front and why people with real experience should run departments. MacIntyre joined the Army straight from school at 18, served with the 17th/21st Lancers and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, then spent 27 years in the RAF Regiment, with tours in Northern Ireland, Afghanistan, Iraq, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Somalia, and staff jobs at the Ministry of Defence, the Pentagon and NATO in Brussels. From Reform UK's press conference on 5 November 2026. Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:08 Who Is Angus MacIntyre? 0:23 Then and Now 1:49 40 Years in Uniform 2:16 Reform's Defence Plan 4:19 Prosecuting Our Troops 6:53 Three Weeks, One Warship 7:19 Both Old Parties 7:49 Industry and Energy 8:44 Reform's Plan 9:00 Nigel Farage: Who Should Run Britain? 9:52 Farage: Decades of Cuts 11:09 Farage: Benefits Against Defence 12:29 Farage: Hunting Veterans 13:44 Farage: Why MacIntyre 14:17 Thank You From: Watch LIVE as we announce our new Shadow Armed Forces Minister. 2026-11-05 14:00 (Reform UK)    • Watch LIVE as we announce our new Shadow A...   Sources for the figures shown: Forces then and now: Hansard (20 Nov 1986, 19 Apr 1994, 25 Jul 2007); MoD Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics, 1 Jul 2026; MoD Equipment and Formations 2026; ONS; Reform UK NATO: Defence Expenditure of NATO Countries (2014-2026), Table 7; 2026 estimates via Reuters and ICDS; Eurostat; Hague summit, June 2025 MacIntyre's career: Reform UK, 5 Nov 2026; GB News; The Independent; The Telegraph via Yahoo News Ajax: Public Accounts Committee, June 2026; UK Defence Journal; PA Tanks: Defense News, Aug 2025; Ministry of Defence Steel law: Hansard, 12 Apr 2025; Steel Industry (Special Measures) Act 2025 Five-year safeguard: Overseas Operations Act 2021; MoD Territorial Army: Hansard, 11 Mar 1991; MoD Army exercises: Stars and Stripes and The Defense Post, Sep 2026 Cadets: MoD cadet forces statistics, 2020 to 2026 Veterans' homelessness: MHCLG 2024-25, via UK Housing Review; waiting lists: MHCLG, 31 Mar 2025 SAS soldiers: GB News; The Times via AOAV Iraq and Afghanistan claims: MoD (IHAT, Op Northmoor); Commons Defence Committee; CPS; Al-Sweady report Reopening cases: ECHR Article 2; Brecknell v UK (2007) Blair case: High Court, 31 Jul 2017, via PoliticsHome and Forces News £57 million: The Telegraph via Yahoo News Northern Ireland: NIO answer, 1 May 2002; Hallett Review; CAIN, Ulster University; Belfast Crown Court, 23 Oct 2025; PPS NI; ITV News; Forces News; The Telegraph; The Week; MoD (Op Banner) Army and regiments: Full Fact; MoD; National Army Museum; Royal Lancers Museum; Guards Museum Overseas aid: FCDO; DFID Defence Investment Plan: Forces News; Janes HMS Dragon: Navy Lookout; Reuters; statement to Parliament, 23 Mar 2026 Energy prices: DESNZ, updated May 2026 Small boats: Home Office, to 29 Oct 2026, via Migrant Data UK Steel output: ISSB via Hansard; World Steel Association MPs who served: Action on Armed Violence Time in the job: Institute for Government via Smart Thinking; AJ Bell Defence Secretaries: GOV.UK; service records: Forces News Spending history: SIPRI via World Bank; 2010 Defence Review John Healey: resignation letter, 11 Jun 2026, via Al Jazeera Welfare and defence: OBR, Oct 2026; Budget 2026; MoD; ONS MPs on military spending: Public Accounts Committee, HC 185, 3 Nov 2021 Morale: Armed Forces Continuous Attitude Survey 2026 Lawfare: Oxford English Dictionary Footage of John Healey: Institute for Government,    • In conversation with John Healey MP, Secre...   Pictures: Ministry of Defence, Open Government Licence; UK Parliament; Wikimedia Commons (Gavin Williamson CC BY 3.0, Dan Jarvis CC BY 2.0; K2 tank public domain)