Armed Forces won’t be able to defend UK under ‘woke’ new plans to relax checks | UK | News [Video]

The British Army is so weak it couldn’t defend the country in the event of an attack, an expert has claimed. Dr Roger Gewolb made the bombshell claim as Defence Secretary Grant Shapps announced he was ordering a review of diversity and inclusion policy at the Ministry of Defence amid reports the Army wants to relax security checks for overseas recruits to boost ethnic minority representation.

It emerged on Sunday (February 11) that a British Army document vowed to “challenge” security checks to increase diversity.

The financial entrepreneur and lending expert told TalkTV: “Diversity is important when everything is working properly. To take measures such as the Army is proposing is just totally insane. It’s bonkers. It’s wokeism gone mad.”

He added: “Our Army is at 70,000. Our military is so incredibly weak that warnings are coming from everywhere that we can’t actually defend ourselves.”

His remarks came after it emerged the Armed Forces …