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Yep, most of the cuts came under the toriesIn 1982 within a two week period of readiness we sent 127 ships to the falklands to fight a war. We sent 25000 troops plus 5000 suport staff. Today we could barely muster up a sea worthy ship to send to Iran. The one ship we had HMS Dragon sat in Portsmouth for 3 weeks before it could set sail. Just imagine if Iran sank that, what position would we be in,.

They have all been aware of the cuts and none has done anything regardless who started the cuts.Yep, most of the cuts came under the tories![]()

And May slashed police numbersYep, most of the cuts came under the tories![]()
Trumpf is preparing for peace, he said Irann’s nuclear program can be monitored by satellite. A little detour indeedIf you want to maintain peace then you have to prepare for war. Military cut backs do not help with keeping peace.

So do tell us, what should Starmer have done since he's come to power?Our armed forces were once the most feared and formidable forces in the world, We were respected by everyone and this wasn't that long ago. Once the redunancies and spending was cut it reduced our capacity drastically each year. This has gone on for more years than should have. When Starmer took over he was warned about the state of our forces and our ability to protect the UK, he knew during the Ukraine invasion and still didnt act on it. Now he is desperate to reverse this but it will take a good 5 years to get us back to where we were in the 80s. If he had acted on this 3 years ago we would only be a couple of years away from being fully armed again,. We now rely on buying in our military equipment from South Korea, the USA and other countries because it is the fastest route.