Who's Paying For These Weapons?

[altus]

1 hour ago, The_DADDY said:

My bold.

In my opinion, yes absolutely we are.

There was a deal done in Feb last year unfortunately Bojos paymasters sent him over to scupper it.

I reckon if a political party said they would not send more arms and instead get everyone around the negotiation table they may well find it a vote winner. 

Not much chance of that though really so the meat grinder will continue to grind and the industrial military complex will continue to make Billions. 

Please provide links to this "deal done in Feb last year".

39 minutes ago, Anna B said:

I'd also heard of the February deal that was scuppered, but who exactly are the 'Paymasters?'

Same for you. Please provide links to "the February deal that was scuppered".

[Al Bundy]

He has done more world tours than Elton John that lad.

2 hours ago, Padders said:

Hi Anna,

This is a question I've been asking for years, we can't afford to invest in essential services, there's no money!

But when were fighting a war there's no shortage of money...

Our pensions are poor, the NHS is crumbling, cost of living is going up and up, yet we can afford to send billions to Ukraine, and make no mistake, if the war last another 10yrs they'll still be money available...

I don't get it!

 Britain isn't daft, neither are the others spending money, there will be contracts galore that stipulates we get something in return.

 

Anyone thinking the USA or the UK didn't profit from the drugs trade in Afghanistan whilst at war to help pay for our involvement is very naive.

[Box11]

11 hours ago, Padders said:

Hi Anna,

This is a question I've been asking for years, we can't afford to invest in essential services, there's no money!

But when were fighting a war there's no shortage of money...

Our pensions are poor, the NHS is crumbling, cost of living is going up and up, yet we can afford to send billions to Ukraine, and make no mistake, if the war last another 10yrs they'll still be money available...

I don't get it!

Absolutely crazy isn’t it...

[Jack Grey]

4 hours ago, Box11 said:

Absolutely crazy isn’t it...

The Storm Shadow Missiles cost £2.5m each

 

And we have just given away hundreds of them to Zelensky

 

Russia will punish us for decades for this and it will be the people on lower incomes who will pay the highest price

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65558070

[Guest]

18 hours ago, Padders said:

Hi Anna,

This is a question I've been asking for years, we can't afford to invest in essential services, there's no money!

But when were fighting a war there's no shortage of money...

Our pensions are poor, the NHS is crumbling, cost of living is going up and up, yet we can afford to send billions to Ukraine, and make no mistake, if the war last another 10yrs they'll still be money available...

I don't get it!

Absolutely correct.  Things never change when it comes to the countries finances.

We have loads of money to spend but only on our governments pet projects at any given time.

 

We were in more  debt after WW2 but still managed to provide all the services that people needed AND,  set up a brand new health service which  led and inspired the world.

Of course,  at that time,  we invested in our own country and kept our own people in jobs,  instead of spending all our money in China.

Now we have the results of both Tories and New Labour's financial ideas and still we allow them to carry on.

 

[Anna B]

2 hours ago, Organgrinder said:

Absolutely correct.  Things never change when it comes to the countries finances.

We have loads of money to spend but only on our governments pet projects at any given time.

 

We were in more  debt after WW2 but still managed to provide all the services that people needed AND,  set up a brand new health service which  led and inspired the world.

Of course,  at that time,  we invested in our own country and kept our own people in jobs,  instead of spending all our money in China.

Now we have the results of both Tories and New Labour's financial ideas and still we allow them to carry on.

 

Exactly.

Yet ordinary people still support this terrible government. 

 

And I doubt Starmer will be much better. He doesn't have the stomach or the passion to bring about change. And having expelled all the socialists from the party - what does that tell you?

We genuinely need another Corbyn.

[Jack Grey]

2 minutes ago, Anna B said:

Exactly.

Yet ordinary people still support this terrible government. 

 

And I doubt Starmer will be much better. He doesn't have the stomach or the passion to bring about change. And having expelled all the socialists from the party - what does that tell you?

We genuinely need another Corbyn.

I think I'm gonna vote for Reform UK

 

It's the only conservative alternative 

[Anna B]

2 minutes ago, Jack Grey said:

I think I'm gonna vote for Reform UK

 

It's the only conservative alternative 

That's the problem. The Labour vote is split so many ways yet, the Conservative vote holds firm.

Too many votes are wasted. 

[Jack Grey]

Just now, Anna B said:

That's the problem. The Labour vote is split so many ways yet, the Conservative vote holds firm.

Too many votes are wasted. 

Well the left wing vote is shared between Labour, Greens, LibDems, SNP and SWP

 

Labours only hope is to get the red wall back and I think they will

 

Not because Labour are the better party but because the conservatives have betrayed them 🤔

[cressida]

Remember when the Labour Party were so divided that they lost two general elections,  that's what should have been learned by the Tories when the rebel ones made their public display of hostility towards Johnson.