alpine_saint

Yes, makes two of us.

Chelsea score. Ah, well, fun while it lasted..

Have to see that goal later. sounds like something special.

Bloody Scousers..

Go take some laxative.

Table looks good, with Arse playing Manyoo this weekend.

Great one Morgan. Just the start we need against a bus-parking team. They need to attack us now.

Well, it doesnt take a crystal ball to work out that now the League Cup is over he isnt going to feature for us again. What a waste of effort and money that was.

I came out 50% UKIP, 50% BNP. No way........

And he accuses others of being a WUM.

Amen. Best post on this subject for ages.

I take offence at your avatar. Have the balls to put yourself up for ridicule by using a picture of yourself.

Why cant we keep the likes of them AND Cork ?

Either that or we'll spend the money on more useless Carlos Kick-a-Balls.

And of course the Defence Budget doesnt stretch to video cameras..........

Sorry, its difficult to give one comprehensive source, I've read so much over the past couple of years about the Carrier Debacle. However, there a couple of good pieces in the on-line Telegraph this week. I get the impression the RN has kept schtum in the hope that the p*ssing about enables them to get both into service rather than one mothballed. Boy are they in for a shock.

I personally think BAE Systems has a VERY long reach - right to the core of the Establishment.

Let's face it, BAE Systems have the UK government by the balls over the shipyards, carriers, Astutes, Type 45s and F-35s, and BAE Systems f**king knows it. The US authorities reckon it will take 400m to fit the two carriers with catapaults. BAE quoted 1.8bn. Problem is, we can then buy cheap, proven F18E/F Super Hornets, and half the cost of the entire carrier program. Who wants that, eh ? Not BAE Systems. If u think the T45s are crap, wait until the carriers go into Service with one aircraft apiece, no AEW cover, no in-flight refuelling, and the aircraft a ridiculous toy of limited effectiveness and Zero interoperability with the French carrier, which was supposed to be a cornerstone of our strategy.

I wonder if the government interfered here too .... http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/10792309.300_jobs_axed_as_company_shuts_its_Hampshire_plant/

Really pleased for all 6 players named in the England set-up today (though feel a bit sorry for Clyne). Also congratulations to MoPo for nurturing them so well.

Interesting. Mordaunt's Wiki profile has been updated to make note of her passivity over this.

For what reason ? People are now being infracted for not rating The Gash ? Brilliant.

Didnt mean it like that, but understand your interpretation. We have a limited squad, and its been kept for the League because NC is ambitious. I am guessing he will be massively disappointed in certain players from last night, and that we cannot fight on more than one front.

TopGun makes some very good points. In addition, the new ships have much longer intervals between major refits, and the duration of these refits are much shorter. The new generation of vessels have much higher availability rates. Maybe 19 major surface combatants is the equivalent of 30 at the time of the Falklands War. Nevertheless, a surface fleet of 19 (assume 2 in refit/ post-refit work-up) strikes me as too few, considering our legacy responsibilities. How will we protect the two QE carriers if we are forced on an expedition alone ? I have been arguing for a long time that the army should be cut, and our contribution to NATO should be redefined in terms of sea and air power. We've done our share on the ground, we're getting out of Germany, and the UK is a f**king Island with Overseas Dependencies. I am also not convinced of the long-term viability of the RAF as a third armed service. I would prefer one unified command under the Royal Navy (which is the only all-arms service of the three). Back to the shipbuilding issue, it makes my blood boil how successive governements have starved Southamtpon and Portsmouth of work to keep whinging cloth cap-wearing black pudding-munching whippet-owners in work.