The best thing the UK can do - and very quickly - is to declare itself neutral. We should give a unilateral notification to the world, that we will no longer join any wars, nor will we declare war on anyone, unless they invade our territory. Currently, our fighting, front-line Army would fit into Wembley Stadium, our Navy is weak and much of it is non-operational for varying reasons. Our Air Force can muster less than 100 front-line jet fighters. That is an inventory comparable to any neutral nation. We should just say, "we ain't going to any foreign land and fight no more"! As a "post-script", it seems that both Labour and Conservative want the Russia/Ukraine war to continue and even expand across the world. By permitting UK-built missiles to be used, the UK now puts itself in the sights of Moscow as an enemy. (Who remembers the reaction of us Brits, when we discovered the French had sold 'Exocets' to Argentina in the 1980s? We didn't like it, did we?! Russia will not like it either!!)
14 Chinooks are already on order......so its no surprise that older Chinooks will be retired at some point over the next five years The Pumas at some point will be replaced by the medium sized helicopter but they should wait until the new helicopters are delivered Drones have been ordered and 100 loitering drones were ordered by the last government, so Watchkeeper may well be out of date The 2 old tankers (RFA Wave Knight and RFA Wave Ruler) should have been kept in reserve The other bad decision relates to HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark - I think 6 new amphibious related ships are expected to be built in the 2030's (if we are lucky) - at a minimum they should have been kept in reserve
the dutch just did a report where they say that migration will cost them 600 billion euro € 475,000 to € 625,000 per migrant we wont do a study like that or provide the figures but its likely to be costing us more . And we have to cut our armed forces and freeze our pensioners and raise our taxes
Terrible, terrible decisions. The Chief of Staffs have sold their integrity for a seat in the House of Lords when they retire. Shamelessly poor leadership.
The nearest Russian troops to this country are 900 miles away in Kaliningrad. The nearest British troops to Russia are in Estonia, 90 miles from St Petersburg.
Training Soliders should get £50k per year increasing as it would Its only an extra £35k per person do you know how many businesses would be saved during times like lockdown and farm lands which flooded the best would do something When the flood funds mysteriously disappear
I think star should resign on the 24th to finish 24 off and hand power to nigel for the 25th and a Christmas present to the country. Finish of 24. And 25th perfect as Christmas and nigel gets to lead us into the 25 year which perfect all round. That something to remember
If the UK and Europe had any sense they would kick nato and Washington into touch and speak to Russia about peace and trade. Ukraine needs to do a deal, too.. They've already lost this war and are too stupid to realise it.
Perhaps it's for the best. A clear message and heads up to the rest of the world that this government is not serious about defending this country or it's people. Mind you, try recruiting for people to join the armed services when you have people invading the country illegally daily.
Not a good idea. The attraction of money would give a misleading view of the recruits and their motivation. I agree that our service personnel are not well-paid, but giving them huge sums of money will simply make them mercenaries and attract the wrong type of person.
@Mike-tb5gj yet there's other things like Tax literally learning this would be beneficial and productive. If someone in training sees ex service persons homeless doesn't know their options on how to help then they wouldn't help said homeless person even someone who's just homeless a payrise would lead to the likelihood of donations which can be claimed as expenses going to people who need it if said trainee chooses to help why can't it be apart of training to do so anyways for just incase plus I'd be willing to doubt it would make mercenaries out of people and attracting the wrong people it may however they'll ever get rejected or go straight and narrow as in good it would change them for the better.
If anything it would decrease the likelihood of anyone being a Mercenary because if the trainees are earning £50k a year serving personal would get even more and not need money so it's harder to do the thing mentioned above if anything. Also when the mod personal get into trouble they can lose pay and face criminal proceedings which makes them lose pay therefore it's more incentives to behave.
What about unlawful orders being rejected it would be an Act with an even greater gravity than it currently would to some. Also this inheritance tax thing let's be honest you incur the most Risk compared to anyone else in the Country therefore there's even more chance of it happening and it's wrong anyway atleast this way it would give people a better chance who aren't serving, why expect them to pay so much when there's no possible way not even a service personnel could cover some of the costs in prediction if anything it would increase the likelihood of recruiting numbers going up and people with land being more reluctant to join which last time i checked is an advantage to the nation entirely as a result, how? Well someone with a large some of land would be more likely to allow it for xyz uses because they serve anyway it's a figure for even the Rich to join and gain something out of it instead of thinking "no it isn't worth it" plus it would be private land so less chance of interruption from public influence.
Saving? They cut off winter fuel payments 'Saving' £1.5 billion.... cut military spending by half a billion and within the same fortnight they donated 2 billion to Ukraine which we borrowed and our kids have to pay the interest on and the money back... So they've shafted our pensioners and weakened our military and the money saved that was supposed to fill the economical black hole they created instead went to Ukraine so now that 2 billion that could have decreased our debt has now increased it further by giving it to Ukraine and now we have to pay interest on 2 billion as well as the 2 billion.... Theyve taken it off pensioners and used it to place us all in further debt
UK hasn't provided financial aid to india since 2015. The UK invests money in the critical sector of India, which is beneficial to the UK itself. And since we are talking about financial aid to india what about the money LOOTED by the United Kingdom from India during the colonial period, an estimated 45 trillion US dollar worth. How about giving that money back to India.
You just removed our marine and sps landing craft you are so adrift from realty, I can't sware but sod of. If your making cuts on our Lady's and Gentleman in our forces, you must realise shits hit the fan, the fan has been switched to 4, please wake up.
Let the MOD service folks be in the highest tax rate! Earning 40% tax bill income It's moral and it helps people in the earning range Especially those in training it goes with you all throughout your life just do it this will be the best decision the government ever makes
The wrong thing to do at the wrong time by the wrong people for the wrong reasons.
We have already lost the war because of the traitors within our own government.
Its easy to advocate for wars when you won't be the ones to fight in them
if ww3 comes we will all be taking part in some respect
We're DOOMED!
Putin is laughing his ass off
When Di Starmer earn the right to wear the British military uniform he really is taking the pi __
But we can defend Ukraine and Israel while putting our own country at risk. So cunning. What's the plan then?😅
This Mark fellow is absolutely deluded off his head, peace now
I wonder what Trump will say to Starmer, pay up or "NATO-exit" ... 🤔
Exactly what I was thinking.
Time to get Starmer out NOW because he is a danger to this countries security
Think sturmer is ruining the country so Putin won’t have to nuke us
The best thing the UK can do - and very quickly - is to declare itself neutral. We should give a unilateral notification to the world, that we will no longer join any wars, nor will we declare war on anyone, unless they invade our territory.
Currently, our fighting, front-line Army would fit into Wembley Stadium, our Navy is weak and much of it is non-operational for varying reasons. Our Air Force can muster less than 100 front-line jet fighters. That is an inventory comparable to any neutral nation.
We should just say, "we ain't going to any foreign land and fight no more"!
As a "post-script", it seems that both Labour and Conservative want the Russia/Ukraine war to continue and even expand across the world. By permitting UK-built missiles to be used, the UK now puts itself in the sights of Moscow as an enemy. (Who remembers the reaction of us Brits, when we discovered the French had sold 'Exocets' to Argentina in the 1980s? We didn't like it, did we?! Russia will not like it either!!)
Anyone here willing to fight our politicians war?
Nope
No definitely not
Never.
every will. its putin who started this. did u not learn how dictators work. they win in ukraine then they wouldmt stop. wake up
No
The West started the Ukraine problem. Francois is sporting the old Narrative.
you support invasions then did Ukraine invade Russia ?
We couldn't even defend our own country
Farmers paying for Ukrainia war
14 Chinooks are already on order......so its no surprise that older Chinooks will be retired at some point over the next five years
The Pumas at some point will be replaced by the medium sized helicopter but they should wait until the new helicopters are delivered
Drones have been ordered and 100 loitering drones were ordered by the last government, so Watchkeeper may well be out of date
The 2 old tankers (RFA Wave Knight and RFA Wave Ruler) should have been kept in reserve
The other bad decision relates to HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark - I think 6 new amphibious related ships are expected to be
built in the 2030's (if we are lucky) - at a minimum they should have been kept in reserve
the dutch just did a report where they say that migration will cost them 600 billion euro € 475,000 to € 625,000 per migrant we wont do a study like that or provide the figures but its likely to be costing us more . And we have to cut our armed forces and freeze our pensioners and raise our taxes
It’s old stuff that costs a lot more too operate
Maybe the people outside 'Starmers inner circle' should start rebelling?
Mindless!
We give £billions away for the defence of other countries and yet we cut the defence of our own! Please help me understand😞
We haven't even got a full compliment of jets for 1 out of our 2 carriers, we have to ask the US to borrow some.
for the sake of this country, this government needs to go.
Terrible, terrible decisions. The Chief of Staffs have sold their integrity for a seat in the House of Lords when they retire. Shamelessly poor leadership.
shouldnt the king be stepping in here and to stop the treasury from doing this and to tell them to raise defence spending to 3% now
Maybe he will come and fix the potholes? Gets my vote!
Whats next, is Starmer going to raise a white flag over The UK and surrebder to the WEF?
Completed that mission already
The nearest Russian troops to this country are 900 miles away in Kaliningrad.
The nearest British troops to Russia are in Estonia, 90 miles from St Petersburg.
Training Soliders should get £50k per year increasing as it would
Its only an extra £35k per person do you know how many businesses would be saved during times like lockdown and farm lands which flooded the best would do something
When the flood funds mysteriously disappear
So why then does an ex building society employee have the authority to overule MOD and Defence Ministers and their team ???
I think star should resign on the 24th to finish 24 off and hand power to nigel for the 25th and a Christmas present to the country. Finish of 24. And 25th perfect as Christmas and nigel gets to lead us into the 25 year which perfect all round. That something to remember
Saves insulting Jesus 2.0 as we all know he has returned. Only reason why there's an awakening happening like the world has never seen before
If the UK and Europe had any sense they would kick nato and Washington into touch and speak to Russia about peace and trade. Ukraine needs to do a deal, too.. They've already lost this war and are too stupid to realise it.
Perhaps it's for the best. A clear message and heads up to the rest of the world that this government is not serious about defending this country or it's people.
Mind you, try recruiting for people to join the armed services when you have people invading the country illegally daily.
Give the military personnel a Pay rise! +£500 watch recruitment go up
Not a good idea. The attraction of money would give a misleading view of the recruits and their motivation. I agree that our service personnel are not well-paid, but giving them huge sums of money will simply make them mercenaries and attract the wrong type of person.
@Mike-tb5gj yet there's other things like Tax literally learning this would be beneficial and productive.
If someone in training sees ex service persons homeless doesn't know their options on how to help then they wouldn't help said homeless person even someone who's just homeless a payrise would lead to the likelihood of donations which can be claimed as expenses going to people who need it if said trainee chooses to help why can't it be apart of training to do so anyways for just incase plus I'd be willing to doubt it would make mercenaries out of people and attracting the wrong people it may however they'll ever get rejected or go straight and narrow as in good it would change them for the better.
If anything it would decrease the likelihood of anyone being a Mercenary because if the trainees are earning £50k a year serving personal would get even more and not need money so it's harder to do the thing mentioned above if anything.
Also when the mod personal get into trouble they can lose pay and face criminal proceedings which makes them lose pay therefore it's more incentives to behave.
Ive actually got a tonne of arguements to support the mod having a pay rise
What about unlawful orders being rejected it would be an Act with an even greater gravity than it currently would to some.
Also this inheritance tax thing let's be honest you incur the most Risk compared to anyone else in the Country therefore there's even more chance of it happening and it's wrong anyway atleast this way it would give people a better chance who aren't serving, why expect them to pay so much when there's no possible way not even a service personnel could cover some of the costs in prediction if anything it would increase the likelihood of recruiting numbers going up and people with land being more reluctant to join which last time i checked is an advantage to the nation entirely as a result, how?
Well someone with a large some of land would be more likely to allow it for xyz uses because they serve anyway it's a figure for even the Rich to join and gain something out of it instead of thinking "no it isn't worth it" plus it would be private land so less chance of interruption from public influence.
we need a civil defence force or a no confidence vote on Westminster
Saving?
They cut off winter fuel payments 'Saving' £1.5 billion.... cut military spending by half a billion and within the same fortnight they donated 2 billion to Ukraine which we borrowed and our kids have to pay the interest on and the money back...
So they've shafted our pensioners and weakened our military and the money saved that was supposed to fill the economical black hole they created instead went to Ukraine so now that 2 billion that could have decreased our debt has now increased it further by giving it to Ukraine and now we have to pay interest on 2 billion as well as the 2 billion....
Theyve taken it off pensioners and used it to place us all in further debt
Don't you care of us at all,? Attaque with no defense? Who's mad here,?
Your forgetting what we spend on migrant hotels.
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My dear friend , India has renounced the remittance and aid quite some time back ..
Get on with it ffs, do we know it's hit the fan
UK hasn't provided financial aid to india since 2015. The UK invests money in the critical sector of India, which is beneficial to the UK itself. And since we are talking about financial aid to india what about the money LOOTED by the United Kingdom from India during the colonial period, an estimated 45 trillion US dollar worth. How about giving that money back to India.
its thatcher cutting ships that led to falks war.
If we're not going to have a serious military, then stop acting like a serious world power, just shut up and give up the UN permanent seat to India.
Rishi sunaks wife made millions in India yet lives and spends it in the uk and the uk government then replenish that profit by way of aid to India !
O a wax jacket
😂😂putin doesnt care about the uk, uk just inserting themselves in business that doesnt concern them
Total Bollox
You just removed our marine and sps landing craft you are so adrift from realty, I can't sware but sod of. If your making cuts on our Lady's and Gentleman in our forces, you must realise shits hit the fan, the fan has been switched to 4, please wake up.
No one cares
Let the MOD service folks be in the highest tax rate! Earning 40% tax bill income
It's moral and it helps people in the earning range
Especially those in training it goes with you all throughout your life just do it this will be the best decision the government ever makes
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Tell me I'm wrong buddy 😂😂😂