Nuclear bomb proof umbrellas perhaps?

Even if we personally pulled out Pruim, there's so many religions, individuals, groups who believe that separate areas of land are rightfully theirs that it won't end. Easier for ourselves morally in that we don't have to fund the likes of saudi arabia sure but again we're probably the ones who can police it to a certain level. Whether that's good I'm not sure but every time it's left alone it kicks off etc.

Indeed the west is in a tricky spot. I get pretty bored with the condemnation the UK and USA gets on Iraq while everybody seems to ignore the fact that Saddam Hussein was a complete bastard who used chemical weapons on Iraqi's (Kurdish Iraqi's).

May's done well by being sensible and solid only really been let down by Johnson being a moron which seems incurable but i guess for her she has put up with him pissing out of the cabinet office rather than pissing at the door.

The military funding is really being sucked up by big projects namely the aircraft carriers and trident replacement (which i certainly want to keep) but bloody hell we don't half waste a lot money. The issue is we don't need enough kit to get the benefit of making more. IE we are making 4 submarines the americans have i think (originally 16) 12 submarines so dev costs and manufacturing facility cost is spread over 12 instead of 4. I don't really want us to just buy stuff off the americans as we lose capability to make and develop it ourselves but the other option of working more with European partners will be unpalatable (brexit) to many.

With Russia I think the UK really could do something to hurt how their gangsters/oligarchs work and make it harder for them to operate in the UK-I would be delighted if they could start with Abramovich as he came up on the Americans list.

Trident is 3-4 billion a year....

Aircraft carriers we're Browns decision, and a good one. The worlds sea ways are the conflict of the futuee and need protection.

Corbyn's favourite film maker mate just called for Labour MPs who protested against anti-semitism to be booted out of the Labour party.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... party.html

They aren't even pretending.

It's a real shame because I like a lot of Ken Loach's films, but he's drunk deep of the Corbyn Kool Aid.

He's always been that far left wing though.

From what I have read its closer to 2 billion per year...in perspective that's less than 2% of the annual cost of benefits.

The missiles and warheads are a tiny part of the costs whilst the submarines themselves (plus the crewing) are the real expense. Even if you wanted to scrap Trident you would want to keep the indigenous capability to design and build nuclear powered boats so you would not save much money.

But Jezza said we could keep the submarines without the missiles on them - it can't be the case that he was talking absolute toilet could it?

His Macdonalds advert was a particular highlight

All communists are c unts.

I heard an interview with him on Radio 4 a while ago (probably around the time I, Daniel Blake was out. He was entirely honest and open about it. Essentially he said that his career was going nowhere. He couldn't get any funding for the films he wanted to make and he had to put food on the table.

I don't really see anything especially wrong with that. I don't really have any principles, but if I did, they would certainly come second to providing for my family.

Of course "first we get rich, then we get honest" . However you forfeit the right to lecture anyone else on greed , or capitalism again.

For some perspective on "family food on table" his youngest child was 18, his others grown adults. I doubt he wasn't able to downsize, he decided to swap,his principals for not doing so. Maybe even his wife could have got a job.

Socialist wealth is good wealth.

You could either build more Astute class attack submarines or build something like a SSBN but fill the missile compartment with conventionally armed cruise missiles (the Russians and American do this to be fair). Both would be useful but I still think not having to rely entirely on the US for nuclear retaliation is useful for NATO.

Always seemed to be a bit of a c*nt. When he was filming Kes, he had the kids actually beaten in one scene because he wanted a more realistic reaction from them. Imagine their surprise.

If Agent NOB got his way, he would disband the entire armed forces and bend us all over for right good shafting from Comrade Putin.

Ken Loach has always been a horrible prick though:

Wish I'd stuck with the Grand Prix coverage ! Just watching Steptoe on Marr, he's an evil c unt and if he lead the UK would actually make the world a very dangerous place.

Corbyn wanted UN agreement, but doesn’t that include Russia?

If undermining the leadership was a deselection offence, Corbyn would never have been in a position to become leader. The irony of demanding loyalty from Labour MPs for this leader...

How does that makes sense? Principled person gets held to higher account so only people worth listening to are those without scruples?

Corbyn himself this morning agreed there's almost no circumstance where he would fire missles, the man is disgusting.

I don't see the problem, not enough bloodlust?

Corbyn just wants to watch the world burn and feel great about himself at the same time.

You approve the use of gas ? Was there any blood shed from the western missles ?

You really honestly believe that this will help the situation?Personally I'd rather avoid starting World War 3.

What destroying chemical stores and factories ? Yeah it might.

Corbyn is going for a couple of angles I don't think are of any use.

Firstly he questioned the legality of the strikes as his main criticism. This may be valid but I don't think he'll gain any traction when the strikes have been endorsed by loads of other countries. He should have gone in harder on the tactical error not a legal issue.

Secondly he asked for a change in the law so that all strikes should have parliamentary approval. That sounds silly and nobody would want that if there was a clear danger to the UK. The issue with Syria is that there wasn't and people think this makes it more dangerous not less.

Corbyn to me seems like a fool. He never capitalises on anything as he has his own ideological quirks that he can't suppress and I don't think "he's principled" cuts it at all. These ideologues are principled in the same way a toddler is principled.

It's insane that the polls are even and his popularity is going down, despite this being such turbulent times for public services, Brexit, war etc.

A change in the law on all military action needing parliamentary approval is exactly what he is looking for.

Currently he knows as everyone knows there isn't a legal issue on Mays actions. He's looking to weaken the UK's response to all military concerns because that's what he wants.

I think it's perfectly sane and approproptriate that his popularity is going down as people become to understand what he and the people he represents are really like.

What is insane, and slightly scary, is that the country doesn't have anyone to offer any genuine or realistic policies to counter the tories.

Even Millibrand and his Edstone would walk in virtually unopposed at the moment.

I think I dislike everything he stands for.

The UK would be a very scary and dangerous place if he were PM. A world famous target for terrorism and rogue states like Russia and North Korea to do what they want, safe in the knowledge, that the only way the Government would responds would be talks over jam sandwiches and tea.

I think it would be pretty funny like.

You're fairly deranged aren't you.

Certainly not against bloodshed are you.

Oh calm down Bimbo.

I'm perfectly calm. You being deranged doesn't anger me in the slightest. You're quite nasty though.

An now Bimbo, I can assure you I'm a delight really. You know where it would be particularly amusing if he were to come to power, Northern Ireland, seeing the likes of Foster dealing with him would be worth the price of admission in of itself!

Now I do despise him given his position on Brexit, but hey ho, at least there would be some degree of craic if he were put in.

Yeah, you having a small personal victory certainly is worth the risk of Putin acting with impunity and thousands of deaths. As I said deranged.

Deranged.