[News] UK moving to “war fighting readiness” - UK defence

[rogersix]

Becoming the main net contributor to EU funds again will free up ..................... how much, exactly?

European nations are our friends and neighbours.
Full co-operation on matters of security and defence (and international crime)? - yes, absolutely.
Some usefully beneficial free trade/customs agreements? - yes.
The full shebang, Brussels, European Parliament and all that?} No, the above two cover everything that's worthwhile.

£100B p.a.

 

[rogersix]

Yeh, Let's go all 1938 then. We all know Neville Chamberlain was right, don't we? How about a nice sing-song, eh?

bloody tories

 

[rogersix]

Starmer is being disingenuous, there are many headwinds to be confronted if we are to turn this country towards a state ready for war. The first headwind is industrial capacity and our ability to produce war materiel to any substantive level. The current (and previous) Government’s energy policy works against this key objective.

https://search.app/YfDyHj3kGUEWtwfa6

Manufacturing output is at a 35 year low……

Output in UK energy-intensive industries hits 35-year low

High electricity prices undermining competitiveness of British businesses, official figures show

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The U.K. will be the first G7 country unable to produce its own steel.

https://search.app/Y18LjjbXAQ6Q7ooS7

So before we worry about whether or not this country has the stomach for a war of mass casualties, or even the ability to mobilise itself beyond the existing professional armed forces Starmer needs to deal with industrial capacity issue immediately, bin of net zero and get the U.K. using its own oil and gas.

If he doesn’t we know this is not a serious matter, just a bit of political window dressing.

still got your pension pot sunk in fossil fuels, i see