It is true that the Tories have cut defence spending too low, but the bulk of the cuts that have done the harm occured before their recent period of power. UK defence spending was about 4% in 1990. B… (View Post)

We haven't got a decade. If people haven't already grasped that we are going to need a much larger armed forces and to spend a lot more on defence they must be asleep. (View Post)

Now we need another Birmingham and everything in it every 18 months or so. We aren't even remotely close to building enough stuff to keep up with our population growth, nor is any political part… (View Post)

I have no problem with forecasters getting air time, but I do wish that they had to answer for their record more often. The media rarely goes back and assesses whether or not forescasts were any cop,… (View Post)

Yes it's noticeable how the target has moved. That said GPD per capita is a stupid measure as well, as Ireland amply demonstrates. For how we are really doing as a population looking at income d… (View Post)