If you follow the pattern since they began the post-GWOT cuts, the rhetoric always aspires far more than reality, and reality always ends up far worse than projections. They are a second tier country- they were trying to figure out exactly what second tier was a few years ago. They lamented several years ago when they could not get a single surface ship out somewhere in the world deployed- the first time in maybe 2 centuries. They missed it- it was the date when they could no longer get a small squadron out and thought 1 British ship somewhere in the world mattered. This boost, like our current administration, is below inflation. It is better than just letting inflation further gut their armed forces, but this simply lessens the slope of decline, not alters it.
The greatest threat to the UK is that at current rates of third world immigration Britain will be minority British in just a few decades. No ‘serious country’ replaces itself with lesser stock, and the UK will certainly be unable to contend with any overseas power if that comes to pass.
Don't forget (iirc) we only got to 2% by including military pensions in the category of defence spending!
If you follow the pattern since they began the post-GWOT cuts, the rhetoric always aspires far more than reality, and reality always ends up far worse than projections. They are a second tier country- they were trying to figure out exactly what second tier was a few years ago. They lamented several years ago when they could not get a single surface ship out somewhere in the world deployed- the first time in maybe 2 centuries. They missed it- it was the date when they could no longer get a small squadron out and thought 1 British ship somewhere in the world mattered. This boost, like our current administration, is below inflation. It is better than just letting inflation further gut their armed forces, but this simply lessens the slope of decline, not alters it.
The greatest threat to the UK is that at current rates of third world immigration Britain will be minority British in just a few decades. No ‘serious country’ replaces itself with lesser stock, and the UK will certainly be unable to contend with any overseas power if that comes to pass.
They just went bust like us, and they’re not allies, they’re vassals.
Richi isn’t a Prime Minister, he’s a regional manager.
And cheer up you’ll get your war, but as Navy Man Donny said with the Navy you’ve got.