This bunch of criminals has stripped and destroyed everything we once had 😡

@sergeborrelli2489

13 күн бұрын

You folks stole most of what you once had. You deserve everything you get!

@MDM1992

13 күн бұрын

​@@sergeborrelli2489clearly not.. we literally gave most modern technology which built the world.. too the world.. 🤦‍♂️

@captaincabbage-ny9lu

13 күн бұрын

@@sergeborrelli2489 Really, if we stole MOST of what we had, that must be quite a list. So, get listing, what did we steal ?

@sergeborrelli2489

13 күн бұрын

@@captaincabbage-ny9lu You stole from your colonies for hundreds of years, mate. Now, the colonizers are becoming the colonized. Turn around is fair play, right:)

@joginns778

13 күн бұрын

The government has destroyed our armed forces by taking equipment ot of use that had years of life left ,the harrier jump jet gone ,and yet the Americans still fly them in front line, the tornado gone yet Germany still use there's, to which it raises a question were our tornado jets sold to Germany for spare parts the navy retired ship's that could still be used, or is it the case the navy don't have enough man power to operate there ships, two new aircraft carriers that are problematic,😊😊

we had Harriers,Tornadoes,Hercules and Nimrods......all sold off or scrapped by our genius politicians.

@knoxyish

13 күн бұрын

you lot keep voting for them .

@joginns778

13 күн бұрын

Harrier spares to USA and there still flying there's tornado most probably went to Germany as when ours went out of service the Germans were desperate for spare parts to keep there's flying,

@rolandsmith2141

13 күн бұрын

The country has been run by school boys for years so this is exactly what we can expect.

@joginns778

13 күн бұрын

@@rolandsmith2141 this country has been run by school boys and girls for many years, look at all the heavy industries. We have lost, it's sickening that this country invented the industrial revolution, looks at this country now we used lead the world in industry now we're a joke,

We don’t have the planes to comemerate the few. But we have two billion to spend on Ukraine 🇺🇦. We need to get our priorities straight.

@user-nf4zh2vj5e

13 күн бұрын

and the wasted money sent to rwanda on a gimmick.

@ljdasilva3139

13 күн бұрын

Actually Lord PigShagger signed us up to give Zelenskky £3 BILLION a year indefinitely - It's a cruel world.

@tonyfincham6126

13 күн бұрын

If we did Sunak& Starmer would only use them to protect Israel .

@billywaide9852

13 күн бұрын

@@tonyfincham6126 not big on that either,Israel needs no help from anyone,we are laughed at on the world stage.they are what we used to be.a super power.

@arnoldsaunders6073

13 күн бұрын

​@@tonyfincham6126At least Israelis do not want to get their hands on our benifits, houses, or children. Nor do they want to turn our country into a Kalifate.

I will make it very simple everyone.. our current British military stands at 73.000 personal..Wembley stadium capacity is 90.000..so our very own British military couldn't even fill that stadium..that isn't only a diagrace..that is utterly CRIMINAL..that's the bottom line everyone.

@B-A-L

13 күн бұрын

And what about all the other European countries? We aren't America or China, yknow!

@johnmcguinness6145

13 күн бұрын

Don't tell the French, they might try to redo 1066.

@lapisredux

13 күн бұрын

but you could fill it with fighting age illegal immigrants.

@MollyMarine

13 күн бұрын

Canada is facing the exact same scenario! It's a global agenda

@tombristowe846

13 күн бұрын

PERSONNEL.

Whilst David Cameron swans around the world in a private jet

Sending millions to other countries, instead of spending.our money on this country

Plenty of money for our enemy coming into Dover courtesy of Birder Farce and the RLNI.

We don’t need any defence, diversity is our strength 😂

@johnmcguinness6145

13 күн бұрын

We now have diversity in our planes. Working and non working.

@jjrider6758

13 күн бұрын

It clearly isn't.. a recent live survey on the streets of London struggled to find ANYONE who would fight for this country if it was under direct threat from a foreign power.. Several of the foreign born immigrants questioned said that if military service became mandatory (i.e. conscription..) they would leave the UK..

@lal2300

13 күн бұрын

The very thing D-day was trying to stop 🤔

@lal2300

13 күн бұрын

@@johnmcguinness6145and some that identify as moths ! 🙄 and go by the pro-nouns of ˌlepi and dɒptərə 🤨

@johnmcguinness6145

12 күн бұрын

@@lal2300 that's the gypsy I assume.

Pathetic. It’s almost like it’s planned. Being invaded by fighting age men , spending tons of money on them.

@BishopBallsby

12 күн бұрын

It is planned, anyone who cant see this by now is a naive fool.

@peterk2455

Күн бұрын

The Home Office has stated the asylum costs were £3.96bn in the 12 months to the end of June 2023. That's on top of the £2.12bn in the previous year and 6X more than the £631mn in 2018 when the Channel Rubber Ferry service kicked off. £4bn would pay for a few squaddies and their kit. A couple of C-130's too.

@zen4men

8 сағат бұрын

@@BishopBallsby Multidimensional war is far greater than world war. /

they fought for freedom and democracy, where has it gone.

@paddymeboy

13 күн бұрын

Get a grip. This is about defence procurement, simple as that. They retired the old planes before the new ones were ready, and this was totally foreseeable.

@wheelie_1988

11 күн бұрын

Being abused by pro hamas supporter's and protests.

So in other words we can't defend the country. And you've told eveyone.😂

@sillypuppy5940

13 күн бұрын

Relax, they probably knew already

@SBsoton

13 күн бұрын

They know,hence the boats arriving daily for the last few years

@user-jg2nq6ll4c

13 күн бұрын

It's been common knowledge for decades by our potential enemies that we couldn't defend ourselves if we were invaded ....... we'd have to rely on the other NATO member-states to come and bail us out🤬😡🤬😡🤬😡🤬😡🤬😡🤬

@hudsonbear5038

13 күн бұрын

Its been common knowledge for sometime... And whats more NATO announced it first...

@jamesbarbour8400

13 күн бұрын

I'd say that our enemies already know this little snippet of information - why do you think we're being invaded every day ! ?

But we have £8m a day for our new arrivals.

@lal2300

13 күн бұрын

It’s over £15M a day now!

What a slap in the face for the fallen shameful.

There is plenty of money for weapons for other countries..

Its done on purpose.

My father an RAF officer would be turning in his grave at the demise of his lifetime career. What the WOKE mob and successive governments have done to our islands defence force is criminal.

We can't even control our own borders.....on an island ffs! In an armed conflict we would be toast.

Go woke go broke time to take our country back,

My late uncle was in the D-Day landings as an 18 yo royal marine. He got shot in the leg for his troubles but was able to return to fighting action when recovered. Another late uncle got shot in the jaw when fighting in Belgium after the landings. When l look around at this country today l wonder if their sacrifices were worth it. And, billions to house illegals but no money to equip our armed forces properly.

@BishopBallsby

12 күн бұрын

All their sacrifices were worth it, until the globalists slithered in and took over

Got stuff to send to other country though ain't we funny that ain't it

At last even the media has woken up but to have an MP who was the Armed Forces Minister telling us how bad this scenario is when it was his job to sort these issues out but as per normal it’s not his fault it’s just the MoD’s fault……….surprise surprise??? What didn’t she ask him why he and others didn’t resolve this situation before it got to this point??? Poor interview by JHB imho???

The US Airforce has the same problem with their aircraft. Utterly disgraceful!

Speechless

@corneliuscornia3189

13 күн бұрын

😂😂

Surely we have a few Sopwith Camels we could use?

@robanderson473

13 күн бұрын

More reliable than the A400 anyway!

@noelfleming3567

13 күн бұрын

Might not be too long till there's camels grazing in d sunlit uplands 😂

The stink tanks in Whitehall have a lot to answer for…!

Our government needs to remember we are a Nation of Warriors,that is why we punch 100% above our weight. I wish our Nation remembers divided we fall ,united we stand . Remember, we are Great Britain 🇬🇧

@stefanhinchliffe5318

13 күн бұрын

I think you meant worriers lol .

@diddyd8350

13 күн бұрын

Used to be great but no more i m o!

@jamesnicholls1054

13 күн бұрын

@@stefanhinchliffe5318speak for yourself as former soldier I will fight if needed

@noelfleming3567

13 күн бұрын

U can only worry so much we all have a breaking point

@stefanhinchliffe5318

13 күн бұрын

@@jamesnicholls1054 maybe you should look up a former royal marine colleague of yours Chris Thrall he has a you tube channel very enlightening. I think if he could wind the clock back he wouldn't fight for the cabal again .

But there is enough money for the unelected, accountable foreign secretary Lord PigShagger, to rent (actually the taxpayer rents) an £11,500 an hour luxury private jet - apparently the RAF VIP jets are not sumptuous enough for his exalted arse to sit in. It's a cruel world.

@davidstansfield6944

13 күн бұрын

The RAF VIP jets you speak of probably don't work, that's why he rents them

@Robinbamv

5 күн бұрын

The RAF has no VIP jets, they are all leased in from contractors. This is largely because the RAF imposes such onerous maintenance restrictions on their aircraft it is cheaper to rent in aircraft that are maintained to ( the very high ) standards of civil aircraft.

@ljdasilva3139

5 күн бұрын

@@Robinbamv Two brand new-production Dassault 900LX aircraft, known as Envoy IV CC Mk1 RAF, were purchased and operated by the RAF (Read 'taxpayer') in March 2022 for VIP travel and were outfitted at a cost of just under £1 million each. It's a cruel world.

@Robinbamv

4 күн бұрын

@@ljdasilva3139 Take a look at the RAF webpage and you will see the aircraft are NOT on the military register and carry CIVIL registration. This is because the RAF maintenance system is so expensive because of risk averse gold plating they can’t afford to operate the aircraft under the military system so all the maintenance is done to civil airline standards.

And how much spent on gimmigrants in hotels?

Defence procurement is not about buying the best kit for the job, it’s about a nice gravy train for senior brass, civil servants, MPs with eyes on being on the board of defence contractors.

@noelfleming3567

13 күн бұрын

On d button 😂

@jamescharnock4579

13 күн бұрын

Brown envelopes.

I write this sitting in the middle of a closed RAF station which is now my home. Looking around me, the mess made of our national security is immediately apparent. Once, 170 fighter aircraft operated here when it was the RAF's Central Fighter Establishment. That's just one airfield out of many. Our defence has been decimated by greed and shortsightedness. Never mind though, Soldiers and Airmen/Air people/Aviators, whatever, can now have beards. That'll fix it.

@noelfleming3567

13 күн бұрын

🤔🤔🤔

There is only one thing we can say to all this: Shameful, shameful, shameful!!!

Could have had 3 x SAAB gripens for the price of one F35 and they likely would've worked.

The Military have had this problem for years upon where the MOD have made practical every purchase which was not fit for purpose Why has is been allowed to continue with no one being held responsable for the Billions of Pounds belonging to the Taxpayers being spent on equipment worse than they have at present Is their missapropriation of Finance or Backhanders involved as the present situation is not acceptable in the defence of our Nation especially with the amount of world wide unrest at present is cause for great concern This purchase of Military Equipment where only 50% works at any time and cost of spares plus man hours required to get it up to working standard must stop and stop now

If they had been reliable they would probably have been in Ukraine by now.

I can't get a straight answer to this. I've read that the Airbus A400M Atlas is a better plane than the C130. I've read that there have been 'gearbox' problems with the engines. I haven't found out whether this is a design/production problem, lack of spares or lack of maintenance. If 'availability' is persistantly below 20%, then something very wrong is going on. If something 'bad' is happening on this issue, then it's probably happening elsewhere.

I was distressed to once again see that the dambuster Raid was called the “infamous” raid.

@_dude..

13 күн бұрын

The graduates have been writing the headlines again. They don't know what the difference is between the two words.

@chabsrule.

12 күн бұрын

Yeah what nonsense.

In 1984 Britain spent 5.5% GDP on the military. We should be fracking and using profits to push military spending to 6% and completely rebuild the military. Any ships, aircraft, hardware etc etc should all be made in Britain creating jobs. Also I personally think it's about time we had gun ranges all over Britain and the population can go and learn to shoot different types of firearms. Because if we got invaded tomorrow, way too many wouldn't be able to fight with a stick let alone an assault rifle. If everyone knew how to clean, handle and fire a gun, we'd have a society completely ready to fight if a danger ever came to Britains shores. I even think jiu jitsu, boxing and hand to hand combat training should start in schools. A well prepared country is a far better place to be, than one panicking and suffering from being unprepared. Plus I think teens would enjoy it, might actually help reduce crime.

@robinkirke

13 күн бұрын

when japan were thinking of invadin us yamamoto told them there a rifle behind every blade of grass

@diogenesegarden5152

13 күн бұрын

The powers that shouldn’t be would be rightly scared if the public were trained and armed, so I don’t think that is going to happen anytime soon. Anyway this isn’t accidental or incompetence, it’s by design. It would appear to be the case that the whole of the western world is being quietly disarmed for some sort of transfer of power.

@paulwainwright6903

13 күн бұрын

Imagine the health and safety mob with the public shooting a gun 😂

Clearly we can all sleep soundly knowing that are armed forces are ready to deal with any threat to our safety. As long as they are given at least 4 months notice in writing, before any action is required.

@lal2300

13 күн бұрын

Ah but the British people would instantly rise to defend our shores; lead by staunch Britain’s like Sir George of Galloway, supported by brave knights like Owen Jones and Gary of house Lineker 🤨 🇬🇧

@larkop6504

10 күн бұрын

Don't believe the propaganda, this is a drive towards a war time economy so the rich can fill their accounts off our suffering. Regularly it takes seconds to launch a defense against real threats, could we sustain a defense? Maybe a day or two against the likes of Russia. Thank your master in Washington.

We have an airworthy Lancaster, a few airworthy Dakotas, some Chinooks and Shuttleworth have a Lysander. I'm sure we could cobble something together.

@davechipling169

10 күн бұрын

I went over for the 75th anniversary and there was at least 24 dc3s very impressive sight

@martinsurridge7390

8 күн бұрын

I was just thinking the same, a couple of Dakota's would be better then modern stuff anyway!

The problem is most of the time, politicians or MOD minions don’t actually talk to the people who know what is happening. They talk to senior officers who are too busy covering their arse, so that they don’t get a bad annual assessment report, which could preclude them from getting promoted. Try asking the guys who service the planes. Speak to the squadron operations SNCOs.

@paulwainwright6903

13 күн бұрын

Same in every single big buisness especially if it has anything to do with governments or councils etc.

We dont need weapons.The sight of our woke army mincing into battle will have the enemy dying of laughter.

I`ve never known a country going backwards like we are. Were a 3rd world rich country now. The government and politicians we now have are not fit for purpose. If they worked in industry they would have been sacked years ago.!!!

My Transit was anything but reliable!

@paulwainwright6903

13 күн бұрын

Yes they have now renamed them Transhits 😂😂

I really hope this is "appear weak when you are strong" scenario but I highly doubt it. Canada is in the same territory. Our politicians have deliberately deteriorated our defenses

Do t mention the war

@user-nf4zh2vj5e

13 күн бұрын

2 world wars and 1 world cup hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

@MDM1992

13 күн бұрын

"You started it"

Does any other airforces with these A400 M aircraft have problems with them !

This kind of thing will keep happening because the people responsible are never held to account !!!

It has to be pure ignorance and the shocking state of education these days. Families that have their 'war dead' on the walls, as I do, have a connection that seems to been lost nowadays. My late mother was a seamstress but that was turned to making airpilots jackets etc during WWII. Everone had a skill that was utilised. I just don't see what role some of today's students could take on, or if they would even understand that bombs will fall??

A procurement failure , how unusual.

There would be virtually no resistance in a war. It would be lost before it began.

14 years of tory government and this is where we are ,we al better start learning russian

@user-lh3si8sl8o

13 күн бұрын

Good advise.

@TheKevswife

13 күн бұрын

I can’t see anything changing if/when Labour gets in. It will only get worse.

As part of a major defence review in 2021, the RAF agreed to retire its fleet of 14 C-130 aircraft within two years - more than a decade earlier than planned - under cost-cutting pressure from the Treasury, then headed by Rishi Sunak.

20 billion to Ukraine before 2022, 3 billion a year for a 100 years. WTF.

It's ridiculous to think we only have 20 serviceable a400m whether working or otherwise. During WW2 we had thousands of aircraft in operation. In fact we probably lost more than 20 aircraft everyday in fighting. 😮

Withdraw funding from the services, and this happens!

It's not the guys who procured the aircraft, it's at unit level, if it was the aircraft, all of them would have been grounded.

It would make those who died for this country turn in their graves to see this amount of incompetence and lack of foresight. Could anyone imagine how a modern D-Day would go today?

What is more frightening is that if tomorrow we faced an aggressor we would lose, and they will know that, what a sad country we have turned into.

Whoever got rid of the Hercules aircraft needs to be put in prison for negligence and leaving our nation at risk along with the people who got rid of HMS Ocean

It’ll be knackered by the weather anyway. I’m amazed the event is even being commemorated.

Fast tracked a few months ago??? What they been doing ?? 14yrs BS

We have the sixth highest defence spending in the world. 2.3% of GDP. $70 billion per year. And we have sweet fa to show for it. We spend increasingly more for less kit. All the money going on chinless wonder civil servants, DEI diversity managers or being pocketed by Ministers cronies. And when we do buy some stuff that works out politicians immediately give it away. If I recall correctly we were sending RAF pilots to train to fly in Italy because our training establishments were too busy training Ukrainian pilots.... Why didn't they train in Italy if the Italians had the capacity to take foreign pilots for training. We should be like Poland and buy proven off the shelf equipment that works and get more bang for our buck rather than pandering to corrupt procurement processes.

They are also canibalising Typhoons for parts too

Shame on the Shysters. It's a good job that we had the planes the worthwhile people with the strength of mind and determination 80 years ago. What the hell has happened to this country!!

The raf can manage to be utterly woje when required but when it comes to celebration of actual heros they cant do it. Pathetic bunch.

Next the RAF haven’t got the pilots and are struggling to get instructors back

You couldn’t make it up; the level of incompetence is incredible.

This makes the Parachute Regiments jump training rather pointless, if we don’t have the capability to drop more than 100 at a time why bother?

Another in the long list of MOD/procurement disasters! Anyone remember the SA80 and Boots, Combat High in the 1980's?

My dad dropped wit9th para June 6 1944 trust me if the call came again none of his grandchildren and great grandchildren would lift a finger to fight for this shell of a country we have got

God help us if war broke out tomorrow, it seems we have no chance of defending ourselves if we cannot send more planes for next months DDay celebrations, overstretched and nothing in reserve, I thought our government were meant to protect us?

@paulwainwright6903

13 күн бұрын

Governments protecting us they only look after themselves from Blair onwards.

@martinsurridge7390

8 күн бұрын

Our government can not even govern!

Governments of both sides have stripped the military using the money that shoukd be allocated to them for other things. Basically, they have neglected Britains defence which is supposed to be the first duty of any government

The hercules is due to retire also in 2023 the plane has done 56 yrs of service.

@SalisburyPlainAviation

7 күн бұрын

The c130 type has be around for 50 years plus, but not the actual aeroplanes, which were the latest c130J variant..

Mark makes absolute sense, refurbish the Hurcules aircraft

Yes the Lockheed Hercules was reliable but like all machines that have given long service the fleet was worn out. The fleet had centre wing box fatigue problems as well as other issues. There was no question the aircraft had come to the end of its safe and useful life. Replacement was inevitable, if the A400 was the right aircraft is another question.

Err… who has been in charge for the last fourteen years? Who are you going to blame for this? Did a big boy do it and run away?

Remind me who has been in government and responsible for the last decade and more?

You couldn't make this shite up

If the A400 is only available 50% of the time, Airbus should do a Buy One Get One Free offer to the MoD!

@paullindridge4205

13 күн бұрын

So they are not fitt for purpose So why can we not get our money back and get extra for the scam they have done Oh they are the eu

Started with John Major and his "peace Dividend" and has gotten worse since with each secretary of state for defence as they cut more off at each opportunity. The Chief of the Defence Staff has said that our armed forces will be the most dangerous in the world in 10 years, I'd be interested in how he reached that conclusion

Best to buy some new Hercs

This is disgusting. A classic case of penny pinching. We've binned the Harriers, Jaguars and Tornados. We had more aircraft to fend off the Luftwaffe in 1940. Now we can't muster enough planes for a commemoration. You just cannot write this 😢

Get 4 DC 3/ Dacota, it is the propper plane, and it works!

And of course none of this was obvious to Whitehall or the MOD when they paid off all of the Hercules and replaced them with considerably less A400's.

Probably not enough swords for 1066 celebration- who cares really? Spend the money on something else

Greed there is vast amounts of money thrown at the military.

@martinsurridge7390

8 күн бұрын

Or thrown at procurement!

We have 2 aircraft carriers and no airforce planes to go on them…the USA marines are supplying the aircraft and troops…& were planning on selling one to yanks as we can’t afford to run it…

Like the carriers, we have them but they don’t work

Its to bring more shame on us and they dont want to remember the fallen😢

Flying WW2 planes is extremely dangerous. An RAF pilot was killed in the last week, in Lincolnshire, when his Spitfire crashed. Safety is the priority.

And Rishi claims that they are the party to protect us!!!!!!!!

Judging by what I saw at Portsmouth this morning, so many ships tied up, including the brand new aircraft carrier, you could not make this rubbish up

Excuses excuses excues every bloody day

Who is responsible The MOD or the Government ?

I'm sure another country would be happy to help out, maybe Ethiopia or somewhere similar. 🙃🤦

The British armed forces couldn’t defend the Isle of Wight!

The Hercules was not broken so why fix it?

The MOD got a load of crap airbuses. Simple as that.

We're doomed, doomed, doomed!

Once upon a time the government of ours ensured that the armed forces were fit for service and able to defend our country if necessary, we are a sitting duck