A fair number of Trump supporters here seemed to believe that Trump wasn't really going to do as he said. They took comfort in believing that he was lying to them. (View Post)

We have to cut our suit according to our cloth. We withdrew from East of Suez before I started school. We should not have pretentions to being a global military power. We have the forces to be useful… (View Post)

Yes, in the short term we need to stockpile ammunition and other supplies, and prioritise repair and recruitment to technical roles needed to get the fleet seaworthy again and other forces combat cap… (View Post)

The UK Armed Forces were 162 000 strong in 2015, 138 000 in 2024, so a 15% cut in numbers since the Coalition ended, despite the increase in international threats. The Tories running down of the Arme… (View Post)

It is a real terms increase over Tory budgets. You might not like that fact, and might not like the fact that we have the smallest armed forces in Centuries because of Tory cuts, but it is simply tru… (View Post)