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Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Trusting soul
So we're to lose a quarter of our sub-borne nuclear deterrent. Mexican standoff unilaterally defused by putting your gun down first, eh? On the other hand, remember what Churchill observed about the Hun.
Brown probably made the decision in the hope it might get him an invite for a photo opportunity with the US president; the Mail and the Guardian say he offered 10%of the UK Tamiflu reserves for the Third World with the same objective.
Goodness knows what other last remnants of anything useful in the UK he has handed over in his mission to get himself noticed.
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And thus to the brink, dear friends.
ReplyDeleteFirst slice of many, I suspect.
ReplyDeleteThe QE-class carriers will be cancelled soon after the general election, whoever wins. Just now, those Govan votes are needed.
In ten years time, there will be five permanent members of the UNSC - USA, Russia, China, France, and the EU.
Brown probably made the decision in the hope it might get him an invite for a photo opportunity with the US president; the Mail and the Guardian say he offered 10%of the UK Tamiflu reserves for the Third World with the same objective.
ReplyDeleteGoodness knows what other last remnants of anything useful in the UK he has handed over in his mission to get himself noticed.