badgerx16

It is a Get Out Of Jail Free card that the Israelis have been playing for years.

Just seen it. As entertainment it isn't a bad film; historically it is bunkum. As for the monkey-dog hybrids, sharks in the arena, and grossly oversized rhino, they probably aren't the wildest flights of Scott's fancy. I listened to the Mark Kermode review of Gladiator 2 and he said that early on in the film's genesis Nick Cave was asked to write a script, taking into account that Russell Crown had said he wanted to be in any sequel. What emerged is summarised here https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20180810-gladiator-2-was-written-and-its-mad , and the script itself can be found on the Internet.

They are not laughing at the news stories, they are laughing at you.

Albion and Bulwark were both mothballed by the last Government, and Northumberland is beyond economical repair due to structural failures.

Locum

Remember that if you start playing Stairway To Heaven you have to play through to the end, it is VERY bad luck to stop part way through.

Some old ships, including one that is uneconomical to repair, some outdated drones, and some ancient helicopters are being pensioned off to recover the money currently being sunk into trying to keep them functional and reinvest it on new kit.

Cattle farmer - he is full of bull shit.

I am aware, and not only because you went out of your way to ensure that the suggestion was posted and repeated on this thread.

US and European military aid was only ever going to stabilise the front line, we never gave them, ( assuming we ever actually had it ), enough to turn the tide as offensive operations require far more hardware than defensive, and Ukraine was never going to gain the key factor - air superiority. Russia will continue to use the meat grinder tactics and chip away at Ukrainian territory; Ukraine does not have unlimited ammunition, and the psychological impact of facing, and slaughtering, WW1 style human waves wears down the defenders.

Zero ( Welsh )

According to that, so far this year they have captured an area this size of Staffordshire in a country that is two and a half times as big as the UK - just over 1/300th of Ukraine's land mass. In UK terms that is 2 Isle of Wights. Hardly Blitzkrieg. However, conquering Ukraine is not Putin's intention. Retaining the Donbas and Crimea, together with preventing Ukrainian accession to NATO and the EU, would give him all he wanted from the SMO. A frozen conflict suits him.

What's got a hazlenut in every bite ? Squirrel shit.

Glory

Any Government trying to increase the tax revenue is going to find someone who complains that their share has been increased unfairly.

I worked with a woman who allegedly did a Marianne Faithful with a Twix at a party.

The Chinese supermarkets in Lancaster sell multi-packs of green ( green tea flavour ) and pink ( strawberry ) KitKats.

1000 days and counting.

The Earth will be around long after humanity has gone extinct.

"The Department of Government Efficiency[a] (DOGE) is a planned United States presidential advisory commission..." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Government_Efficiency

Out the window, probably.

Dangerous things, Russian windows; https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0qd9w9125ko

Musk will not be part of the Government, he will be heading up an advisory and research body. Is it wrong that MPs have shares in defence, communications, construction, and utility companies that are involved in lobbying, trying to influence policy, and competing for Government contracts ?

Too many southerners moving north ?