The British press unite behind Trump in condemning Starmer for not wholeheartedly supporting the illegal war with no purpose in Iran. Complaints made about a warship in dock for maintenance and complaits that only one destroyer is being sent to defend the base in Cyprus. And the government is paying taxpayers money to arrange charter flights for tax dogers to get home. And the Guardian has a full page about 9 killed in a missile strike by Iran, proportionately there should be 90 pages dedicated to those killed in US/Israeli attacks. Can we have headlines that state clearly who started this war?
In the UK it is the older generation who support military action (most of whom have held a gun in anger). And a what if – ‘What if governments spent as much money on environmental improvements and healthy lifestyles?’. Trump has demanded that all members of NATO spend 5% GNP on defence. Defence or attack? I am no historian but! I am aware that the best castles were never attacked because it was pointless. We are sending a destroyer to Cyprus to protect a British base there – why do we have a base there? Is it to defend the UK or to threaten others? Is it to protect British investments? As far as I am aware Cyprus is dominated by Greece and Turkey with a large Russian investment! Britania no longer rules the waves, thank goodness say many indigenous peoples, so why pretend. Investing in air defence systems might be sensible in an unstable world created by Trump. And we obviously need to have troops to support our friends and neighbours in Europe – but we do not need attack capability, especially to support the madman in the White House.
Labour should announce a compulsory enlistment process for those arreas that have a combined total of 52% or above who vote for Reform or Conservative!