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I’d have an axe to grind with any government whatever flavour if they make questionable decisions, and this decision in both timing, value of saving and the underlying perception it creates is questionable. No one would have been happier than me if this new Government had created the chalk and...

I don’t understand why you as an ex Navy man can’t see what these cuts mean? https://www.naval-technology.com/news/royal-navy-finished-as-full-spectrum-force-as-albion-and-bulwark-axed/ For the record I’m agnostic, however what makes no sense is a Government on one hand spending millions to...

During the Falklands Hermes and Invincible were held miles off the islands because had either been lost the U.K. land forces would have been without air cover, it was sketchy as it was. In the amphibious operations there were Intrepid and Fearless, these were the 2 ships that were used for that...

You sound like you don’t know what your talking about. The carriers are not multi role platforms, they exist to project strategic air power and would never be risked in amphibious operations. If the U.K. cannot maintain amphibious warfare capacity due to cost (or whatever) this Government...

I disagree, even if all of the equipment is obsolete the timing is incoherent with our green light for Ukraine to start firing storm shadows into Russia. With the decision to retire the amphibious platforms (at the very least) our armed forces now have a diminished capability, which does not...

Is the right answer; and the EU is the very worst organisation for subsidies with the CAP being circa 50% of its budget. Without turning this into a Brexit debate the CAP is not justifiable on any level and by leaving the UK had an opportunity to reform its farming sector. It would have been...

Yeah, on the other hand the UK’s economic miracle is delivering record levels of taxation and taking benefits from pensioners while we continue to bankroll Ukraine. Keep on drinking the Kool aid.

I never suggested it was fine and dandy I asked if it was genuinely being crippled by sanctions? https://search.app/ZfyJYip6DnXiwcL99 https://search.app/hmZu8G7jk7sZa48W9 More importantly applying sanctions are not a one way street, whilst Russians enjoy rock bottom energy prices in the...

Interesting……..are you sure in the real world these crippling sanctions you speak of are genuinely crippling them? https://search.app/WryFnhynH85BH1PV9 Thankfully for the good burghers here in Blighty we can all nonchalantly turn up our heating when it gets cold and pay little notice to the...

All that I agree with, and of course the very rich landowners will be unaffected, just as the very same rich landowners took the cream of the CAP when we were in the EU. https://search.app/DBgq5Kfn2yWWAo9r6 On that basis this policy is punching down, if the Labour Party were serious about...

That’s true, but then I can’t recall being invited to a “party” that lasted from Friday to Monday. https://search.app/P5JEXJXqbZTWBaKJA A mate of mine who’s a plumber got work on a hotel down St James Street way a few years back. The entire basement was being set up with dozens of showers and...

It’s easy to understand why Farage is a lightening rod for justifiable criticism in a wide range of political matters, however if there are going to be effigies created about the riots connected to the events in Southport did any of the bonfire societies consider whether one should be knocked up...

Looks like the only good news in any macro economic context for this budget (as it stands) is that it’s not as bad a the Truss/Kwaerteng edition. When our politicians/commentariat are looking at such a low bar for vindication of really important financial decisions then you know we are in the...

What’s disgraceful re the Govt funding compo for the victims of the post office is that there is no indication those that were involved in the scandal and who continued to perpetuate it once exposed are not (as far as I can understand) being pursued for money? Making to public cough up is...

I’m sure it has been expressed on this thread, or others, that there is an appearance of different approaches to certain criminal events for certain people/acts when compared to others. The moniker TTK did not fall out of the sky. In the detail it’s possible this difference can all be...

Well, just imagine following the random stabbing of 11 people in Southport you posted something on social media about more Islamic terrorism and then you were subsequently charged by your local police with inciting violence etc. If you pleaded guilty to get a softer sentence you might be...

Slavery is as old as “money” on the basis that the more slaves you had the wealthier you were. Slavery therefore has always been big business, and it continues to be so. If you need care for an elderly parent you know the drill. As for its historical context, the Arabs were taking slaves from...

If you want to protect British workers rights you need to control the Labour market, and to control the labour market you need to manage your borders. Labour and the Tories have long sponsored the P&O economic model for how businesses work. It was an underlying issue with Brexit. You reap...

In broad terms that’s probably correct, the difference is however that in opposition Labour have eulogised their “difference” to the predictable trough snorkelling Tories, so now when there is no difference ethically speaking (on gifts) they have further to fall. Personally I don’t think the...

I agree, it appears to be a vindictive move. That said I think RD has represented a cohort of Labour support, particularly women that are (and continue to be) marginalised by the “women have penises” brigade loons, of which KS is a subscriber. The equally vindictive comments by Nadia Whitome...