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Ooh look... GB 1 - 0 Cleggertoff...
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They are looking at extending the current rokkit.
oh,who says a nuke response needs to be delivered by trident.
News for you. It dont.
Assuming you mean 'a ballistic missile' then me for one.
Anything else is far from certain or valid as a proper MAD weapon for a variety of reasons. An orbital rocket travelling at 15,000 miles an hour (that's 7 KM a second peeps) is fairly hard to shoot down...Go round the green binbags. Turn right at the mouldy George Elliot, forward, forward, and turn left....at the dead badger0 -
Assuming you mean 'a ballistic missile' then me for one.
Anything else is far from certain or valid as a proper MAD weapon for a variety of reasons. An orbital rocket travelling at 15,000 miles an hour (that's 7 KM a second peeps) is fairly hard to shoot down...
But not impossible, as proved by the USA and numerous Tom Clancy novels...
Nothing that a big dose of british wit, cunning and good old military deception couldnt surpass...
Remember, someone operating with a suitcase nuke is just as effective as launching a multi billion pound nuke at our opponent.0 -
But not impossible, as proved by the USA and numerous Tom Clancy novels...
Nothing that a big dose of british wit, cunning and good old military deception couldnt surpass...
Remember, someone operating with a suitcase nuke is just as effective as launching a multi billion pound nuke at our opponent.
Like your assessment of the Bulldog spirt and I agree it's not impossible (though very very hard). For me though, the whole purpose of a deterrant is having a big bomb AND a near certain delivery system. On the second point, there is no doubt it is far eaiser to shoot down:
a) a subsonic (or even supersonic) cruise missile carrying a nuke
b) a bomber
Than a ballistic missile.
Suitcase nukes probably don't exist as truly man-portable entities as the weight involved is always substantial. However, I agree one could be driven. As a deterrant though, having someone hanging around at Dover with a standby ferry ticket and a glowing transit van is pretty rubbish...Go round the green binbags. Turn right at the mouldy George Elliot, forward, forward, and turn left....at the dead badger0 -
I love the way unthinking party drones trot-out names like 'Cleggertoff'. If Cameron or Clegg are 'toffs' what were Blair, Wedgy Benn (aka Viscount Stansgate), Harman and the Millibands? Horny handed sons of toil, fresh from the struggles of the proletariat?
Couldn't Campbell think-up anything better?0 -
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Sorry never rated David Blanchflower at all. If he had his way we would of had a bigger house price bubble with lower interest rates years ago. Savings would be even less and the UK in a far worse place.
He preaches unsustainabilty, not good for our future. So what if we have a double dip, it will make our economy stronger in the long run by getting rid of waste and stopping propping up the reckless.
People should be rewarded for saving and adding value to the community not ever increasing borrowing.:exclamatiScams - Shared Equity, Shared Ownership, Newbuy, Firstbuy and Help to Buy.
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that's a lie but a good one at least :TSorry never rated David Blanchflower at all.
it looks like you were most definetly not only a fan but a big fan by making the effort to start threads on his statements,... :eek:
David Blanchflower (pictured), a labour market economist, is worth listening to
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https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2036591Prices to Crash (3 Million in Negative Equity)0 -
It's not your opinion which counts.
It's the opinion of investors who will finance our borrowings which matters.
So true. The UK is having (and will have) no problems selling debt.
Why can't you, Wookster, Generali, the Tories and the Lib Cons just be honest and say that they want "smaller" government instead of creating "bogus" bond vigilantes to make it look like you have no choice?
You all keep looking for excuses but none of you have the courage of your convictions to state what you honestly believe - which is in smaller government. Instead you all want to chuck loads of people on the dole and tank the economy and "blame" labour saying look we had no choice.....
You're all cowards!If you keep doing what you've always done - you will keep getting what you've always got.0 -
Oh I did , believe meWhy can't you, Wookster, Generali, the Tories and the Lib Cons just be honest and say that they want "smaller" government instead of creating "bogus" bond vigilantes to make it look like you have no choice?
, at the ballot box.
I want a smaller state, one that is sustainable .
As it happens, a lot of other people wanted the same, and they outnumbered your view.
That's democracy for you. Labour didn't make a decent enough case.
Harsh innit.
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So the government actively wants to create unemployment and trash the economy? And you truly believe that?0
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