moonraker

Somewhat like the reduction of 23s from an initial requirement for 32 down to 16.

Fair point if you only count frigates, ill include the 6 T45s and 2 aircraft carriers, 5 SSNs, 3 OPVs and 2 Hydrographic Ships during Blairs tenure. Both Labour and the Tories have been guilty of failing the armed forces and the defence of the realm.

Yes and Majors huge cuts in the nineties. Remember John Knott, if the Argentinians had waited until 1983/84 we would not have been able to retake the Falklands his proposed massive cuts to the Navy, supported by Thatcher, would have ended all fixed wing aviation and amphibious capability. The Falklands saved Thatcher but consigned Knott to a foot note of history.

Agree, he has produced some truly lamentable videos. Inaccuracies, bare faced lies and twisted facts. Correct, in 1982 we had circa 40 Royal Marines on the islands, no air assets, an unarmed ice patrol ship and no facilities to reinforce by air. All that has changed, with circa 1500 service personnel now stationed there. The current order of battle and operational state of the Argentinian Navy is woeful at best 2 Frigates and 2 patrol ships, no submarines, no amphibious capabilty and no organic fixed wing air. The air bridge to The Falklands via Ascension is fully established and operational. The Argentinian Air Force only currently has 6 operational fixed wing combat jets! The RAF have the capacity to deliver a battalion sized force, most likely drawn from 16 Air Assault Brigade, with artillery and air assets to the Falklands very quickly.

I will watch both but might be tad difficult to get from The Mem to Colchester in 30 minutes

Only a petting zoo tough

Not going so I am going to watch The Gas v The Posh. Great Pies at The Mem

No he is just confused about everything.

Seen similar things, possibly with exception of purest academia all workplaces, professions need a mix of people. By mix I mean social, educational, cultural. When recruitment relies on a narrow exclusive candidate pool it, in my experience, does not allow the maximum efficiency and effectiveness of 'The Team'.

We also use the Title Engineer flippantly, someone doing a six week course in washing machine maintenance and repair is called an engineer, when they should not even be credited with the Title Techician. The French and Germans guard their professional titles, rightly in view, very carefully.

VERDUN!

If she stuck to politics and not ethics and morales I would agree. I do not and will never condone murder, nothing can justify it.

My Daddy shot for the RAF in WWII he had to give up his Sunderland gun turret when he was de-mobbed, its a mad mad world

Dale Vince has offered to fund him, this is the first time, i believe the offer is yet to be accepted. The Count has set up online funding and has raised over £15k so far. If you would like to help sack Farage you can donate here https://countbinface.com/help-binface

Source I have serving family and other contacts and that is not the message I am getting