Comments by "John Allen" (@johnallen7807) on "End of an era as Royal Navy says goodbye to stalwart frigate" video.

11! Ye Gods! And the replacement numbers are going to be about half the number the RN said they needed for the carrier escort role alone, thank you Cameron, May, Johnson and Sunak (I left Truss out).
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@drewwilliams6888 Let's face it since the end of WW2 both old parties have essentially relied on the US for European defence although during the Cold War the UK did make a reasonable effort. Since the end though it has been a joke, the Army has less soldiers than at the time of Waterloo, the RAF has 6 front line squadrons and the RN has less than 20 ships and 5 submarines (excluding SSBN). They really think war will never happen and now Ukraine has shown otherwise. I can just about remember TSR2, not only was a great aircraft scrapped (again in secret) by Wilson? but he ensured the machine tools and drawings were destroyed so a future government could not restart it, if that isn't treason I don't know what is! I'm voting and standing for ReformUK.
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@drewwilliams6888 One of the main reasons I'm voting and standing for ReformUK! We need at least 3% GDP on defence for the next 10 years to get back to a reasonable position, I pray God we are given enough time!
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@drewwilliams6888 My point exactly! 13 yrs of Conservative defence cuts, even Labour were spending 2.5% GDP in 2010, they struggle to reach 2%. We need 3% for the next 10yrs just to get back an adequate force level, no wonder the US no longer consider us a Tier 1 power! Vote ReformUK.
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@gopr3117 And what happens if the carriers are on an exclusively British operation? When the Falklands was invaded not a single member of NATO provided any ships.
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@stephenchappell7512 But do we want a man who thinks only "99.9% of women don't have a penis"???
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@ashleygoggs5679 I take your point but contrast that with what the RN said they needed and what they actually got! Labour in 2010 were spending 2.5% on defence while the Conservatives have struggled to hit 2%. We need 3% for the next 10 years to rebuild our forces, ReformUK are the only Party that will do that.
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