Of Spitfires and Hurricanes

Of Spitfires and Hurricanes

I have seen quite a few documentaries referring to the making of Spitfires and Hurricanes and about the development of the Royal Navy - Royal Air Force and Royal Navy being two key branches of the British Armed Forces but seldom or never I see questions raised about the fact that Britain doesn't make any major warplanes anymore - apart for the Euro Fighter that was shared with other European countries, came late into service and was already outdated before entering active service. Not very often we hear questions asked about why British shipyards are less active than ever before and why Britain is buying off-the shelf imports like the F35. Defence industries have been either privatised or dismantled or bypassed to buy foreign products.

Neither Labour nor Conservatives are the answer to Britain's problems and don't count on Liberals that would dismantle whatever is left of the British Armed Forces. There is no long term strategy that could be said to be British. The brand news aircraft carriers will not carry British planes but American planes. The British Independent Nuclear Deterrent is neither independent nor British. It totally depends on the US.

All the talk about preparing Britain to face new challenges is pure chit chat because in fact very little is being done to beef up the British Armed Forces. More people are leaving the Services and there is a recruitment crisis. Expertise is being lost and numbers are not growing. Britain is less prepared today to face new challenges than Britain was prepared to face new challenges in the 1930s and by then Britain had a more homogeneous population and didn't have to be on permanent red alert to counter imported terrorists.

Countering Islamic Terrorism and putting and end to flood immigration are issues of National Security. Instead of keeping them in jail at public expense, all Muslim terrorists should be thrown out together with their families. The Demographic Balance must be restored. Britain will not be able to defend itself if it has people that following a depraved political ideology called Islam are ready and willing to stab Britain in the back.