@RobRussel64816 @UKDefJournal @GraemeDownieMP I mean, like 12 would be good. Beyond that, the money would be better spent on other assets.
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@UKDefJournal @GraemeDownieMP Build 50! Britain has bigger GDP than Russia, no reason it should have over 200 fewer ships
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The MP for Dunfermline and Dollar @GraemeDownieMP has called for more Type 31 frigates, greater use of east coast assets, and a single funded High North strategy.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/mp-calls-for-i…
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@MattStark1991 @NavyLookout @WeAreHII They lack options. They need to get a simple ship in the water fast.
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@NavyLookout @WeAreHII The first batch will basically be River Class OPVs. Not sure that is what the US Navy needs tbh.
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🇺🇸USN has awarded a $282.9M contract to @WeAreHII to begin design work and procure long lead items for the FF(X) Frigate programme.
The first ships will have very basic armament, but future flights will likely have expanded capabilities, including VLS cells and ASW systems
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@Chibben_Fren @braxcyy Finland did not fall under the iron curtain. They have much more in common with Swden than Russia.
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@braxcyy Either Britain or Finland. Flattering Finland as not Eastern Europe or the insistence on Britain being a special category instead of Western Europe
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@BluEagle98 @47bloodhound @Milo_Edwards Your entire economy is smaller than london. On a per capita basis, you're as poor as Mexico. You have a vastly higher murder rate, lower life expectancy, lower hdi. Your country has never achieved a single notable thing in its history beyond losing to us.
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“thousands of miles away where their country is” is a wild gambit from an argentinian
Politics Global@PolitlcsGlobal
🚨🇫🇰 NEW: Argentina’s Vice President says Falklanders should go back to England “If they feel English, they should go back to the thousands of miles away where their country is”
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The Royal Navy has 17 frigates and destroyers
When the Falklands kicked off it had 64
But we have blue water submarines and Argentina doesn't, so it's all just noise
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@TimTim1254 @PeterShoreite Tories are still a point ahead. Badenoch is now the second most popular leader behind Davy.
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@PeterShoreite Reform and to a lesser extent Restore will split the general right vote. The Greens will do well in certain areas but won't split the general left vote as much because people will rally round Labour in fear of Reform. So In other words, you'd best be getting used to Keir...
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Reform aren’t getting back to 30%, they’ve already peaked. The Greens have dropped from 21% to 15% on YouGov in less than two months. Knowing this country, we’ll probably end up back in the same old cycle of Conservative and Labour dominance in a few years’ time. We’re cooked.
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@PeterShoreite You say cooked but reform an dthw greens (whilst providing competition) were completely insane.
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It's a good job the UK can lean on its strong real GDP growth and solid fiscal trajectory, because this sort of thing would look quite worrying otherwise
Mohamed A. El-Erian@elerianm
And there it is: the 10-year UK gilt yield is currently trading above the 5.00% threshold.
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@JamesCleverly I'm not a reform supporter, but they're not contradicting themselves here. You can say that lot's of the green belt doesn't need protecting as it's ugly and rundown whilst still protecting pretty areas of the country.
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@YBattleaxe15846 @hanisch_felix @HoyasFan07 Readiness rates of 40% would be quite good. Generally rule.of.thumb with complex warships is that ¼ will be deployed another ¼ will be active in port and can be brought up on short notice, and the other ½ is in some stage maintenance.
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@hanisch_felix @HoyasFan07 It is a major step forward. Assuming readiness rates of roughly 40% (still not great), you could have a deployable force of that listed below. That's a pretty hefty presence, and requires just 7/19 of the planned exports.
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If the UK wants to be able to credibly defend its interests it will of course need to spend more than 2.3% GDP on defense.
That's a post Cold War 'peace dividend' level of defense spending.
andy97@andy9716
@HoyasFan07 Yes but there’s no money for additional SSKs
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I wish i could give all my tax to these institutions
Drew 🖤@drew_erz
I wish i could give all my tax dollars to these institutions
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@ShortDNAStrands @PolitlcsGlobal All from nearly two years ago, and very clearly from the limited and specific standpoint of economic ideas, obviously.
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🚨🇫🇰 NEW: Argentina’s Vice President says Falklanders should go back to England
“If they feel English, they should go back to the thousands of miles away where their country is”
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The first time, I actually actually have to agree with the greens. Drinking on the job is insane. You're meant to be running the country.
Luke Charters MP@lukejcr
🚨Breaking news: MPs are human and sometimes have a drink. Classic clickbait farming 👎 MPs work long days for constituents, and yes, sometimes share a drink in the evening with colleagues. Last week I was scandalously spotted with… an alcohol-free pint or two between votes 😱 But sure, let’s talk about that instead of the Greens’ wacky policies. Trying to distract us, maybe? 🙄
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All those decent Green activists who came in fighting for the planet and ended up with a leader shilling for Putin
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@LondonNewLibs "and the success of the US economy" - oh, you are just braindead, sorry i did not read that at first. Hope you get better one day.
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25% of British voters will look at the success of Poland's growth after implementing neoliberal reforms, and the success of the US economy, and be like
"yeah, actually what we need is the Green Party to implement a 1:10 pay ratio and a wealth tax"
Michael R. Strain@MichaelRStrain
Amazing: Income in Poland is on track to overtake income in the U.K.
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