The tories will squeeze that RefUK 11% with a mental culture wars campaign in a GE though and No More Mr Tice Guy will have zero fucking clue how to counter it. I think Ticey might win in Hartlepool … (View Post)

Mine was when I was 20 and a stagiare on the Systeme U team. I was Marc Madiot's stand-in dom and this was an extremely big deal as Marc, was at the time, French Road Race champion and had won L… (View Post)

I predict they'll split it like T26/T31 and do 2+2 or 2+3 T83 and a hypothetical T9x which will be a much cheaper vessel. Maybe T83 will be the cruiser concept and T9x the lightly crewed arsenal… (View Post)

We certainly could. Lynx/Seahawk Romeo with a nutter on the door gun but, unlike air strikes, it's a bit unpredictable and unlikely to align favourably with the news cycle. Better just to bomb s… (View Post)

War with Iran (with what strategic objective?) means the Madiq Hormuz is closed means instant global depression. So, no, outwith some act of unsurpassed egregiousness by the Iranian state there isn&#… (View Post)