I hope TSE has taken profits on his Verstappen bet ? (View Post)

Wasn't Attlee the beginning of the man in Whitehall knows best syndrome ? And had we joined Europe at the outset we'd have had far more influence. Sometimes I wonder whether Attlee was up to it. He w… (View Post)

Don't be silly. They are a significant enhancement to NATO, and are increasing defence spending quite rapidly, along with aid to Ukraine. (View Post)

It's not just the money, TBF: a significant part of it is governments of the last decade or so making the job a lot shittier. (View Post)

The CV90 is cheaper, less problematic, and can be built by BAE. It's really strange how we can persist squandering money on vastly expensive programs which are acknowledge to be flawed early in their… (View Post)