Ex-MI6 chief: Brexit means more spending to retain UK influence

The UK's former spy chief has suggested Britain might not actually quit the EU - and warned greater spending on diplomacy, defence and intelligence will be needed if Brexit does go ahead.Sir John Sawers, who oversaw MI6 as spymaster "C" between 2009 and 2014, claimed the "default outcome" of Brexit is that the UK is "poorer and weaker" and will diminish the country's role in the world.The ex-civil servant also compared leaving the EU to the UK's situation in the 1970s, a period when Britain was