It's not entirely to do with the relative merits of the two locations. They people they really needed to move were mid-career senior technical types with families and partners with their own car… (View Post)

Everybody (below flag rank) said moving the SSNs to Faslane from Devonport would be a retention and hence availability disaster. And, lo, it came to pass. The problem is being exacerbated by the the … (View Post)

There's an article in The Spectator (I won't link to far right sites) about the calamity of the Ukrainian casualty handling. Much of the western largess is, to the complete non-surprise of … (View Post)

The Russians won't... As absolutely brilliant as the SMO is for all involved, the longer it goes on there is the chance that it will mestataise into something much worse due the intersection of … (View Post)

Unless Harris agrees (and why would she?) then it's difficult to see how he does that. (View Post)