Nothing like starting the day with the proposition that the United Kingdom cannot afford to defend itself. Looks like losing an effective nuclear deterrent is the way forward in these turbulent times- or so the left wing IPPR and BBC shills would have us believe. To pick up on the title of this post, what’s so funny ’bout peace love and understanding?
SURRENDER TO THE RHYTHM…..
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For BBC:
"Cutting Britain's defence budget to pay other bills is a false economy" ('Telegraph'.)
"Benedict Brogan believes both the main parties are missing the point of maintaining a nuclear deterrent"
By Benedict Brogan:
[Extract]:
"A free people, George Washington said, must be constantly awake against the insidious wiles of foreign influence. At any moment, from any quarter, trouble may pounce to put the sovereignty of the nation under threat. Defending the realm demands eternal vigilance."
"we cannot afford a Trident replacement AND repectable and capable conventional forces. A perfectly acceptable alternative would be nuclear tipped submarine launched cruise missiles, and nuclear tipped air launched missiles."
I agree with this. Trident is a perfect cold war system which can destroy Moscow and evade anti ballistic missiles. It's not what we need now. It means one V class submarine does nothing apart from cruise the Atlantic full of missiles which will never be used. In our current circumstances, that's not a good use of resources.