1. The RN is scrambling to find a replacement for HMS Diamond, D34, on a high profile 9 month operational deployment in the middle East, after it suffered a major propeller shaft failure en-route to its task. The 1 billion pound air defence destroyer was en-route to the gulf when the issues became apparent.
2. HMS Albion, and HMS Bulwark, in addition to 1,000 Royal Marines are in line to be cut from the RN's order of battle in order to save the carriers. Rear Admiral Alex Burton RN who raised specific concerns about further cuts to an already sub-critical RN was slapped down, and " re-allocated " for speaking truth to power. To add insult to injury, the French Government has offered to provide ships to the Royal Marines if they did not have their own........OUCH!
I’m pretty sure the dinosaurs died out when they stopped gathering food and started having meetings to discuss gathering food
A bookshop is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking
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