Abstract
One of the least noticed inheritances of the new Labour government is Britain's military bias. The British economy has long born the imprint of Imperial levels of military spending, and it still hosts an exceptionally large defence industry (Fine and Harris 1985, Edgerton 1989,Wulf 1993). It is not only large, it is also changing radically. Labour has come to power at a crucial stage in the restructuring of arms production. It has adopted a strategy for the defence-industry which was developed largely by the industry itself. This article sets out the background and offers some suggestions as to the likely impact of the Blair government on the post Cold War reconstruction of the arms industry.
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