likesfish
You can't park here sir
doesnt appear to make an awful lot of sense epsecially considering the irish defence forces are not exactly a conventional threat to anything really
a new british civil war?
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doesnt appear to make an awful lot of sense epsecially considering the irish defence forces are not exactly a conventional threat to anything really
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
They were always intended for internal security. Didn't stop the IDF using them for target practice in South Lebanon, though.
likesfish
You can't park here sir
one astute submarine says don't even think about leaving port ivan
kebabking
Not a Girly Swot, but I like them....
Newly (self) promoted Field Marshal Generalissimo Supreme Commander kebabking, which side are you on?
As you know I'm an even-handed chap, moderation and all that - but put it this way: people who wear sports clothing without actually doing any sports, they are wasting their money on pension contributions.
Oh, and a new Joint Fires Live Range - it's called 'London'.
The Russian Navy never goes anywhere without a tug - and often it just doesn't go anywhere. Book with P&O instead - there's a chance they may even arrive.
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
Whih particular set of workers would you plan to arm? I don't think most of the people I know could be trusted with a NERF gun, never mind a real one.
kebabking
Not a Girly Swot, but I like them....
Newly (self) promoted Field Marshal Generalissimo Supreme Commander kebabking, which side are you on?
Oh, and its el Presidente if you don't mind - or, if we're being more informal, The Great Leader. I don't want to get prescriptive about all this of course - I have no objection to being described as the Great Moral and Intellectual Figure of Our Age, or indeed as The Dread Lord of Might and Power.
Very kind of you to stand on that plastic sheeting....
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
gross defeatism.
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
Grump
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Nigel Farage is on a speaking tour in October, spotted a flyer for his night at the theatre in Hunstanton, a snip at £26.50 per ticket. Now, maybe the speaking tour is a ruse to get him going round the country whipping up Brexiteers angry at whatever there is to be angry about at the time. The end comes with the forces of reactionary conservatism seizing town halls and radio stations, supported by the armed forces who step in to restore order. Farage is named interim premier, the BBC is silenced, the Guardian banned and U75 members rounded up.
Sasaferrato
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Funnily enough, this is something that has been occupying my thoughts occasionally of late.
Nothing to with Brexit per se, but to do with the vast and increasing inequality between rich and poor, and the vast disparity in salary levels. Add in unaffordable housing costs and general inflation, and you are heading for a major civil unrest situation. It takes a lot to get the British people onto the streets, I'm not talking about the usual malcontent rentamob, I'm talking about ordinary everyday people.
There is a view, with which I agree, that too much has been given to the 'has', than to the 'has not'. Reductions in Corporation Tax may attract industry, but is it worth attracting? CT reduction benefits every company, and reduces the amount to the exchequer. Dropping the top rate of Income Tax, not at least indexing the 1% band of NI contributions. All of those things added up, is probably equal to eliminating the lack of funding in the NHS.
Sasaferrato
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Sasaferrato
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well if you did storm a military base and get past the clouds of gloom and depression that hang around armouries spend hours cleaning rifles and see how happy you are. you then discover any ammo is in a bunker miles away you've also know equipped your valiant milita with the SA80 that will stop working if you breathe on it wrong then fall apart
One of the specs for the SLR was that it had to be 'squaddie proof'. It was pretty much, and deadly accurate. Lovely gun. As Medics we had SMGs.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
well if you did storm a military base and get past the clouds of gloom and depression that hang around armouries spend hours cleaning rifles and see how happy you are. you then discover any ammo is in a bunker miles away you've also know equipped your valiant milita with the SA80 that will stop working if you breathe on it wrong then fall apart
Don't they have H&K SA80s that actually work now?
Grump
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The Pink Floyd tribute band was only £25 and there are 4 of themFirst glance, I thought £2.65 was a bit steep to see him...
kebabking
Not a Girly Swot, but I like them....
Yeah, the L85 is now among the world's most reliable rifles - it's had two upgrades since it came into service, and the serious problems were cured with the first upgrade.
I had a one shatter when it banged against a land rover in about -20c in Bosnia in 1995, but no problems since.
Add to that the population growth, declining real wages, rising rents & the fall in home ownership, increasing inequality, poverty and homelessness, intra-elite conflicts, decreasing social mobility
It's still unlikely but definitely becoming more of a possibility.
Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
It takes a lot to get the GBP onto the streets, but the way things are heading, I can see it happening.
Sasaferrato
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Quite funny really. Eire is probably the only country the army could conquer now, even then it would probably be a struggle.
likesfish
You can't park here sir
not against the might of the Irish defence forces .
a rather bemused paintball site in Ireland got a visit from some Russian because having a couple of surplus chieftans due to the limitations of conventional weapons in Europe treaty it had the heaviest armour in Ireland
.a rather bemused paintball site in Ireland got a visit from some Russian because having a couple of surplus chieftans due to the limitations of conventional weapons in Europe treaty it had the heaviest armour in Ireland
Half remember a story a sheltered housing tenant told me years ago. He'd been an MP in the Irish Army during the 60s.
Someone from supplies had been caught taking knackered old equipment. Other small arms were missing after an inventory.
They'd thought it was being sent to the IRA but allegedly it turned up in Wales.
Someone from supplies had been caught taking knackered old equipment. Other small arms were missing after an inventory.
They'd thought it was being sent to the IRA but allegedly it turned up in Wales.
Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
The first thing the army would do would be execute Corbyn, Watson and the other senior apparatchiks.
As to inter factional fighting within the forces... nope, don't see it happening.
It would very much depend on the Queen. She is head of the armed forces, not the collection of scumbags in Westminster.
Sasaferrato
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Well yes, but we only fought each other when there was no one else to fight.
The proudest day of the RAMC was a battle royal in Aldershot, Medics against the Paras. The Medics won, and regrouped at the Cambridge Military Hospital, to treat the injured Paras as they came in.
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