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codcheeky
March 16, 2021, 12:31pm
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Billions to buy 40% more nuclear weapons that we will never ever use from the magic money tree,  anyone like to defend this madness?
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March 16, 2021, 12:58pm

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Don't think the average person in the street would want any never mind more.

Boris probably going to hide the extra cash required with all the other billions borrowed at 0% apr


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Always amuses me how Trident is called a 'Nuclear deterrent', almost in an ashamed admission not to call it what it actually is.


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If it gets the SNP’s choking on their porridge then it’s a 👍 from me.
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I find them utterly perplexing and can’t get my head around the scale of them . I’m sure I will come across as wonderfully naive or ‘soft’ but nuclear weapons absolutely disgust me and frighten me in equal measure and in a way that other weapons of destruction don’t.  Is there some hypocrisy and contradiction in that? Probably yes.


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If it gets the SNP’s choking on their porridge then it’s a 👍 from me.


Seriously. Get some help.


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I find them utterly perplexing and can’t get my head around the scale of them . I’m sure I will come across as wonderfully naive or ‘soft’ but nuclear weapons absolutely disgust me and frighten me in equal measure and in a way that other weapons of destruction don’t.  Is there some hypocrisy and contradiction in that? Probably yes.


Likewise, I cannot understand why nuclear weapons are ok(but only for certain countries) and biological weapons and Gas are not, we apparently won the cold war so who are we going use them on?
As a point to Humbercod, if as seems likely the Scots vote for independence and no nukes, where are we going to put the subs that they are on?
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I have always thought of the first law of the land being the defence of the nation. As long as countries deemed as potential enemies have them, then we should have them to protect us. That said I would much prefer politicians, all parties, to look at a world map for the 'pink' bits.

We are no longer Great Britain with territories to defend and bring back various commodities for our use. You do then wonder why we need not only nukes but aircraft carriers etc.. Boris said today it is to defend trade routes, particular those with Asia citing China as a possible enemy. So he infers we trade with the enemy!

With out going into long stitherums we are now a small but prosperous trading nation and the likely attacks are cyber and militant groups on our own shores. Surely a better model for defence would be, in this day and age, neutrality like Switzerland.

A properly equipped navy and air force to protect these islands from terrorists, illegal immigrants and all those who may cause harm on this land be it cyber or otherwise. Anybody wishing to come here must have a visa, any boat/ship in our waters and aircraft fly over us must been authorised. No authority and give a warning, if they don't heed it sink the vessels and shoot down the aircraft.

We need an army to protect our borders but not in the sense of todays army with tanks and other hardware. The foreign policy should be we protect our shores and not those of other nations.


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Seriously. Get some help.


Get a sense of humour!
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Get a sense of humour!


Did you say something humorous? My God if you thought that was funny, you really do need help.


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