A newscaster in the United Kingdom went off on the British government - present, past, and future.
The deployment of HMS Dragon to Cyprus has been delayed because the naval base where it is being repaired only operates from nine to five, a union has claimed.
The warship is being sent to protect a British base on the island following its attack by Iranian drones last weekend, but its departure has been held up to allow staff to finish welding and other maintenance.
The Prospect union said the delays were exacerbated by shorter working hours introduced by the Ministry of Defence and private operator Serco for “cost-cutting” purposes.
It claimed that the Portsmouth base no longer works round the clock and usually operates from 9am to 5pm on weekdays.
Mike Clancy, the general secretary of Prospect, said: “Our members are stepping up to help, but such a vital service shouldn’t be dependent on goodwill from staff. Out-of-hours support should be locked into the contract.
Sir Keir Starmer has been criticised over deciding to deploy a Type 45 destroyer to protect the RAF Akrotiri base in Cyprus on Tuesday more than 72 hours after the conflict in the Middle East began.
On Wednesday, The Telegraph revealed that HMS Dragon would not arrive in the eastern Mediterranean for another fortnight, including a week of maintenance in a dry dock.
Al Carns, a defence minister, admitted the ship would not leave until engineers had finished “a variety of different bits of maintenance”.
As a result, it will arrive in Cyprus after warships from France and Spain.
It was an acute embarrassment for Britain. UK defence officials had been discussing sending a warship but faced a problem – five of the Royal Navy’s Type 45 air-defence destroyers were out of service for repairs, while the only one on active duty, HMS Duncan, was also scheduled for routine maintenance.
Bombarded by Cypriot fury in private and calls to act from the opposition in public, Sir Keir eventually announced in his own video message at 4.09pm that Britain would rush HMS Dragon out of repairs and send it to the region.
The Spectator chimed in as well:
It was also on Wednesday evening that international anger with Britain erupted in public. Kyriacos Kouros, Cyprus’s high commissioner, appeared on television to say his country was “disappointed” in the UK’s lack of support and “expected more”.
Meanwhile bruising reports emerged of simmering anger amongst Middle East allies. Jordan was said to be “f------” furious with Britain’s lack of response, with one ex-minister telling The Spectator the UAE, Kuwait and Canada were all asking “whose side are you on”.
Want to know what Starmer has been worried about instead of getting his navy ready? The Union Jack. Seriously.
The Daily Muck reported:
Flying English, Scottish and Union Jack flags has been branded 'tools of hate' in a leaked draft of the Government's new social cohesion strategy.
A leaked draft of the proposals suggests national symbols were sometimes used last summer to 'exclude or intimidate'.
It warned that the 'extreme right has tried to turn symbols of pride into tools of hate'. Rest of article.
What an idiot.
17 comments:
Absolutely spot on!!! The EU & globalists have flooded Europe with 3rd world refugees mostly from North Africa and Muslim nations. Cultures colliding and we’re going to see civil war in Europe sooner than later.
she has more balls than UK prime minister / the Crown
My grandfather would roll over in his grave if he saw Europe today. He risked his life at age 18 for that? Europe is gone!
Nailed it.
Navies create empires. The greatest seafaring nation in post-medieval history can no longer get a ship out of port.
Europe is the way it is because their the majority of their best men were slaughtered in WW1 and WW2. It’s also the same reason the USA, Australia, and Japan has become a nation of betamaxes. Japan literally lost half their fighting age male population in WW2 and the US wasted even more in Korea and Vietnam. It’s extreme genetic atrophy caused by the only available breeding males post-war being the weakest, flat-footed, near-sighted, color-blind, dysgenic runts to be excluded from service.
...and the political leanings of the USA usually run about 10 years behind the UK....
RMQ
^^ Historically incorrect ^^
At the moment, Prince William seems to be the best hope for the United Kingdom's future.
And yeah, before anyone starts "howling" ... I understand the Monarchy has no direct power. But a few of em' damn sure have influence behind the scene.
US had a ~2.5% soldier death rate during WWII. Lots of guys came home to have babies.
Let me see your war face private
Maybe for Democrats that want to emulat Labour and Starmer/Corbin et al.
She's absolutely right, but remember the USA would look just like the UK right now if Kamala had won.
Is she single?? If so I want to marry her!! Seriously she has bigger balls than the current prime minister
5:42 So I assume from your comments you do not live in the US?
Yeah, that’s what I thought.
The Brits actually have two bases on Cyprus, all sovereign territory. Akrotiri and Dhekelia.
With the current conditions in the UK she will probably arrested for hate speech or something similar.
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