United Kingdom - Domestic Politics, News & Updates

LETHALFORCE · Nov 20, 2024

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shade2 · Nov 20, 2024

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Alhamdulilah

UK to scrap warships, military helicopters and fleet of drones to save money despite threats abroad

Defence Secretary John Healey announced the move in parliament on Wednesday, saying it would save up to half a billion pounds over the next five years.

news.sky.com

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The weapons systems on the chopping block are:

• The Royal Navy's two amphibious assault ships, HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark. They will be taken out of service at the end of the year - around a decade early in a blow to the ability of the Royal Marines to launch land assaults from the sea.
• A fleet of 17 Royal Air Force Puma helicopters, as well as 14 of the military's oldest Chinook helicopters
• A fleet of 46 Watchkeeper drones - each worth about £5m - barely six years since they entered into service
• HMS Northumberland, a Type 23 frigate, which is in need of costly repairs and has already operated well beyond an 18-year out-of-service date
• Two large Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships, RFA Wave Knight and RFA Wave Ruler - vessels which carry fuel and supplies to enable the Royal Navy's aircraft carriers to operate around the world.

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Sauce on either one or both their carriers being mothballed

Aircraft carriers face being mothballed in Treasury cost-cutting plan

The UK’s aircraft carriers could be mothballed under a Treasury cost-cutting proposal.

www.yahoo.com

Absolute state of these aid-givers :pmegusta:

shade2 · Nov 20, 2024

The Royal Navy Could 'Axe' $3,000,000,000 Aircraft Carrier

The UK Treasury has reportedly proposed mothballing one of the Royal Navy's two Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers as part of a strategic defense review. These carriers, the most advanced and expensive warships in British history, cost over £3 billion each.

nationalinterest.org

Absolutely state of the Bri'ish Navy

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Sidelining the carriers won't return the billions already spent, but another issue is that the Royal Navy largely lacks the escorts to make up a carrier strike group (CSG), which is why NATO warships accompanied HMS Queen Elizabeth during her 2021 deployment to the Indo-Pacific and back.

As The Telegraph also reported, HMS Prince of Wales was forced to rely on foreign support during her most recent deployment – and the paper cited the Royal Navy's "staffing crisis," resulting in the solid stores support ship being unable to resupply the carrier.

An army travels on its stomach, but more carriers have large crews that also need to be fed while aviation fuel and ordnance need to be delivered to the vessels at sea.

The Royal Navy once famously proclaimed that it ruled the waves, but that fact is no longer true – as China and India each now operate two carriers, with the former now conducting sea trials of its third carrier
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Nutcracker · Nov 20, 2024

LETHALFORCE said:
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Instead of real root of the problem, these whyte maggots are still harping about skin color in the comments. They deserve it full steam ahead.

shade2 · Nov 20, 2024

Nutcracker said:
Instead of real root of the problem, these whyte maggots are still harping about skin color in the comments. They deserve it full steam ahead.

Their descendants will have the same skin color eventually.

LETHALFORCE · Nov 20, 2024

Nutcracker said:
Instead of real root of the problem, these whyte maggots are still harping about skin color in the comments. They deserve it full steam ahead.

That is the only way they can feel about themselves

FalconSlayers · Nov 20, 2024

shade2 said:
The Royal Navy Could 'Axe' $3,000,000,000 Aircraft Carrier

The UK Treasury has reportedly proposed mothballing one of the Royal Navy's two Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers as part of a strategic defense review. These carriers, the most advanced and expensive warships in British history, cost over £3 billion each.

nationalinterest.org

Absolutely state of the Bri'ish Navy

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Sidelining the carriers won't return the billions already spent, but another issue is that the Royal Navy largely lacks the escorts to make up a carrier strike group (CSG), which is why NATO warships accompanied HMS Queen Elizabeth during her 2021 deployment to the Indo-Pacific and back.

As The Telegraph also reported, HMS Prince of Wales was forced to rely on foreign support during her most recent deployment – and the paper cited the Royal Navy's "staffing crisis," resulting in the solid stores support ship being unable to resupply the carrier.

An army travels on its stomach, but more carriers have large crews that also need to be fed while aviation fuel and ordnance need to be delivered to the vessels at sea.

The Royal Navy once famously proclaimed that it ruled the waves, but that fact is no longer true – as China and India each now operate two carriers, with the former now conducting sea trials of its third carrier
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Whatever left is also out of service. Apparently all their nuclear submarines are out of service as well but these are secrets that won't be available easily I guess.

SKC · Nov 21, 2024

FalconSlayers said:
Whatever left is also out of service. Apparently all their nuclear submarines are out of service as well but these are secrets that won't be available easily I guess.
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There are few things which we can try to lay hands on. Will be welcomed addition for our fleet.

Miss Firing · Nov 21, 2024

FalconSlayers said:
Whatever left is also out of service. Apparently all their nuclear submarines are out of service as well but these are secrets that won't be available easily I guess.
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Why does it need such a huge navy & overall defense budget is too high.

With rising social expenditures, homelessness & poverty, Britan should re-focus its attention to primary social sectors rather rather on anglo pride "power play".

Also, this country does not need any nuclear weapons, such expenditures can be redirected to its poor & refugees.

In fact, their nuclear program should be capped, rolled back & eliminated.

Also their permanent seat at UN security council is a waste of vote & illogical in the current age.

shade2 · Nov 21, 2024

SKC said:
There are few things which we can try to lay hands on. Will be welcomed addition for our fleet.

Will they sell it to us though?

ArjunMK1A · Nov 21, 2024

shade2 said:
The Royal Navy Could 'Axe' $3,000,000,000 Aircraft Carrier

The UK Treasury has reportedly proposed mothballing one of the Royal Navy's two Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers as part of a strategic defense review. These carriers, the most advanced and expensive warships in British history, cost over £3 billion each.

nationalinterest.org

Absolutely state of the Bri'ish Navy

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Sidelining the carriers won't return the billions already spent, but another issue is that the Royal Navy largely lacks the escorts to make up a carrier strike group (CSG), which is why NATO warships accompanied HMS Queen Elizabeth during her 2021 deployment to the Indo-Pacific and back.

As The Telegraph also reported, HMS Prince of Wales was forced to rely on foreign support during her most recent deployment – and the paper cited the Royal Navy's "staffing crisis," resulting in the solid stores support ship being unable to resupply the carrier.

An army travels on its stomach, but more carriers have large crews that also need to be fed while aviation fuel and ordnance need to be delivered to the vessels at sea.

The Royal Navy once famously proclaimed that it ruled the waves, but that fact is no longer true – as China and India each now operate two carriers, with the former now conducting sea trials of its third carrier
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We should try to get that amphibious ships. We only have INS jalashwa.

Just call Tata to buy that ship

shade2 · Nov 21, 2024

Miss Firing said:
Why does it need such a huge navy & overall defense budget is too high.

With rising social expenditures, homelessness & poverty, Britan should re-focus its attention to primary social sectors rather rather on anglo pride "power play".

Also, this country does not need any nuclear weapons, such expenditures can be redirected to its poor & refugees.

In fact, their nuclear program should be capped, rolled back & eliminated.

Also their permanent seat at UN security council is a waste of vote & illogical in the current age.

Hope some aid-giving limey cuck is reading this.
They will implement most of this in the next decade inshallah

The Juggernaut · Nov 21, 2024

Farm protest reached Britain. Sometime I wonder the ways karma getting there.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht8DCOj2q68

shade2 · Nov 21, 2024

The Juggernaut said:
Farm protest reached Britain. Sometime I wonder the ways karma getting there.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht8DCOj2q68

It hit Kaneda too back in the day
The farmer's bank accounts were frozen under an anti-terrorism law.

Not a single tear was shed by the liberal patrakar jamaat over this.

The Juggernaut · Tuesday at 4:32 PM

Now 400 par is getting public backlash.

SKC · Tuesday at 4:39 PM

The Juggernaut said:
Now 400 par is getting public backlash.
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Are these Petitions recognized by Law anywhere? Do they have any legal status, and can it force anybody to take any actions?

The Juggernaut · Tuesday at 6:40 PM

SKC said:
Are these Petitions recognized by Law anywhere? Do they have any legal status, and can it force anybody to take any actions?

No, those petition themselves mean nothing. Just the left-labor is cooked and UK is in utter dark Days.

FalconSlayers · 2024-12-01T01:48:49+0530

Man this country is badly effed up

Carmaker Stellantis to shut a UK factory, hundreds of jobs at risk - ET Auto

Stellantis UK Factory Closure: The company plans to strengthen its electric vehicle (EV) production hub in Ellesmere Port, northwest England, as it contends with what it calls the UK's "stringent" zero emission vehicle mandate that requires a certain amount of carmaker's sales to be EVs.

auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com

FalconSlayers · 2024-12-01T01:59:56+0530

Schaeffler announced this week that it plans to shut its Sheffield plant, on Waleswood Road, Wales Bar, with production of the clutches currently made there moving to sites in India and Hungary.
The German manufacturer said about 200 jobs are expected to go in the UK, where it also has bases in Hereford and Birmingham, as part of proposals to reduce its workforce by 3,700.

Richard Bedford, the union’s regional coordinating officer, said: “Schaeffler’s disgraceful plans to close its Sheffield plant and offshore the work to Hungary and India is devastating news for the highly skilled workforce and the local economy.

Union blasts 'devastating' plans to close Sheffield car parts factory employing 200

A union has blasted ‘devastating’ plans to close a Sheffield car parts factory employing around 200 people and move production overseas.

www.thestar.co.uk

UK car production fell sharply in October amid industry concerns about "intense pressure" on investment in electric vehicle-making.

Output of all cars dropped by more than 15% from a year earlier, mainly due to a fall in exports following weak demand, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said.