25 June (Part 2) - Starmer continues the well established decline
Starmer is going to ‘invest’ in twelve Lockheed Martin F35A fighter bombers
and equip them with nuclear weapons which may only be used by permission of a
fickle US president. Let’s hope the lefties do not succeed in their long term
ambition to get rid of Trident and leave the country even more defenceless than it is now.
Whilst the options
at present are few this is not the big investment in British jobs that the Prime Minister claims. At most, 15% of the £80 million
unit cost will go to British companies. Where did we go so wrong?
I lived in and around Farnborough, Hampshire from 1949 to 1984 and saw many wholly British
aircraft developed and tested there. From the Spitfires and Lancasters which
were a common sight circa 1950 through Gloster Meteors. De Havilland Vampires, Sea Vixens, Hunters. Buccaneers, Harriers. Lightnings, Valiants,
Victors, Vulcans, Javelins, Jaguars and Typhoons to mention only those that saw
military service. And these names just off the top of my head without recourse
to Wikipedia etc. The Mach 3 Bomber A.K.A. Concorde is omitted!
Which Government first decided that Britain did not have the money to defend itself? It
started with Harold Wilson whose government cancelled TSR2 and it has been all downhill since then.
Note: The 17·5 pence programme is a 166 page book.