A terrifying year ahead?
Feb 2nd 2012 | 1:34 am
#241
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Re: A terrifying year ahead?
I'll throw in another....new spanish Gov. have asked to re-open negotiations re. Gibraltar. UK has refused, unless the residents of Gibraltar want to. Would have thought Rajoy had enough on his plate right now
http://www.diariosur.es/rc/20120201/...202011317.html
http://www.diariosur.es/rc/20120201/...202011317.html
We've seen it so many times in the past throughout the world, when a govt is struggling the Britsh Colonialists are always fair game.
Feb 2nd 2012 | 9:55 pm
#242
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Re: A terrifying year ahead?
Just to be "balanced" here's commentary from a "pro-Euro" standpoint:
Feb 2nd 2012 | 11:24 pm
#243
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Re: A terrifying year ahead?
and you have only just thought about that ? ?
and as I said, we have no older stuff any longer.
within 2 weeks of the Nimrod getting the chop in the Defence Review they were having the top secret stuff removed and started cutting them up.
OK the frame is still a Comet frame, but heavily beefed up and updated etc etc. Probably only bettered in performance by the US AWACS, Nimrod was a multi-capability aircraft.
In times of peace the needs of the young and elderly are of more interest to the taxpayer, until all of a sudden the wolf is at the door and the forces are blamed for having no capability.
We may have to think the unthinkable and be a founder member of the EU combined forces. Just don't let Germany try to take control......
and as I said, we have no older stuff any longer.
within 2 weeks of the Nimrod getting the chop in the Defence Review they were having the top secret stuff removed and started cutting them up.
OK the frame is still a Comet frame, but heavily beefed up and updated etc etc. Probably only bettered in performance by the US AWACS, Nimrod was a multi-capability aircraft.
In times of peace the needs of the young and elderly are of more interest to the taxpayer, until all of a sudden the wolf is at the door and the forces are blamed for having no capability.
We may have to think the unthinkable and be a founder member of the EU combined forces. Just don't let Germany try to take control......
Feb 3rd 2012 | 1:31 am
#244
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Re: A terrifying year ahead?
What everyone is overlooking here is this. If... and I say if with a degree of hesitation because I am not convinced its ONLY because of oil, but lets say it is. We are going to need a landbase to do anything with this "oil"... that landbase is going to have to be Argentina, that is going to make Argentina VERY wealthy.
Not sure why the UK is considered to be unable to build production facilities. There are a number of bays which would seem able to support the provision of the requisite facilities.
Jim
Feb 3rd 2012 | 1:45 am
#245
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Re: A terrifying year ahead?
They had an agreement with the UK to share the Falkland production but Argentina scrapped the treaty.
Not sure why the UK is considered to be unable to build production facilities. There are a number of bays which would seem able to support the provision of the requisite facilities.
Jim
Not sure why the UK is considered to be unable to build production facilities. There are a number of bays which would seem able to support the provision of the requisite facilities.
Jim
