Even if it had been true, what a stupid story. That someone made it up is pitiful. (View Post)

Yes - apparently the £8bn also includes work on the second hand airframes from Qatar and Oman, training and logistics support, and an "MBDA weapons package". (View Post)

Both bills display some ignorance of incentives, and indeed history. Rent controls have screwed up the housing market pretty well everywhere they've been tried. I've long been a critic of using "… (View Post)

. There will presumably also be some refitting of the 30 airframes they're buying from ME airforces. Plus weapons etc. And the contract will cover a decade or more. Also ..."up to". (View Post)

Also, there's a week to go until the election. Mamdani is pretty good at getting a message across, and this just gives him a target to debunk. They should have released it a bit closer to the poll. (View Post)