UK military to get biggest spending boost in 30 years

[arista]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54988870

[The UK military is to receive an extra £4bn a year
over the next four years, the government has said.
The money will fund space and cyber defence
projects such as an artificial intelligence agency,
and could create 40,000 new jobs.
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said "letting go"
of older weapons would create "headroom to invest".
The Ministry of Defence's annual budget
is around £40bn, so the £16.5bn over four years
is about a 10% increase.]


Good News
it means more Jobs,

[Scarlett.]

Why? Where are they planning on invading?

[Niamh.]

Why? Where are they planning on invading?

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[arista]

Why? Where are they planning on invading?


We have to Protect
Our Falklands Islands

[arista]

Johnson PM is taking Questions on this
in Parliament
on this new Spending

[user104658]

Why? Where are they planning on invading?I was about to say "Gulf War 3 incoming then?". :hehe:

[The Slim Reaper]

Feeding kids is a no, but spunking money on missiles is a massive yes.

[Ammi]

...isn’t this just within a day or two of announcing that foreign aid would possibly not happen because of COVID costs ....so maybe it wasn’t COVID costs but military costs, hmmmmmmm....

[arista]

...isn’t this just within a day or two of announcing that foreign aid would possibly not happen because of COVID costs ....so maybe it wasn’t COVID costs but military costs, hmmmmmmm....


No Johnson
is still paying it.


It is just talks on it.
Some are saying put all those funds
into funding the BBC World Service.

[Oliver_W]

Great, so now the UK can get involved in even more pointless and neverending wars in the middle east?

[Liam-]

And yet there are still countless people living on the streets through poverty

[bots]

The world is very unpredictable at the moment and we need to be able to defend ourselves. It's a very sensible decision

[Smithy]

Feeding kids? No
Bombing kids? Yep

[UserSince2005]

more nukes please

[Captain.Remy]

They're planning on invading people AGAIN?? :joker:

The 22 countries that escaped Britain’s invasion are Monaco, Mongolia, Marshall Islands, Mali, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Kyrgyzstan, Ivory Coast, Andorra, Bolivia, Belarus, Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Central African Republic, Guatemala, Chad, Paraquay, Vatican City, Tajikistan, Sweden, Uzbekistan and Sao Tome and Principle.

So you still have some fun play to do...

[arista]

Feeding kids? No
Bombing kids? Yep


No they do not want to kill kids.
Although if an Air Drone Bomb kills an Evil Terrorist
sometimes kids are in the way.

[arista]

And yet there are still countless people living on the streets through poverty


No Liam
the Government
is trying hard to get them into
Empty Hotels.

[arista]

Great, so now the UK can get involved in even more pointless and neverending wars in the middle east?


No that's a Saudi or Iranian
problem.

[bots]

now seems like a good time to re-take america and knock it back into shape:dance:

[arista]

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[Scarlett.]

The world is very unpredictable at the moment and we need to be able to defend ourselves. It's a very sensible decision

Defend ourselves from who? We're surrounded by Europe, Scandinavia and America. I think we're in one of the safest corners of the world.

[Liam-]

No they do not want to kill kids.
Although if an Air Drone Bomb kills an Evil Terrorist
sometimes kids are in the way.

Ah, that’s alright then

[Crimson Dynamo]

why would i never her this news from the Scottish Government?

[Kizzy]

If I had to guess I'd say it's our precarious relationship with Russia.

[joeysteele]

I'm not usually against spending on defence.

However, this is a strange time to be announcing this new programme of funding.
I think there's a great deal more urgent need of funds within the UK particularly during this pandemic and post the pandemic too.

So think this move not appropriate at this moment in time.

[arista]

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[arista]

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[Ammi]

...possible or possible not, to be or not to be hi tech future wars are so important to focus spending in pandemic times...for a government who didn’t even think ahead to future PPE needs with deadly virus incoming...

[arista]

...possible or possible not, to be or not to be hi tech future wars are so important to focus spending in pandemic times...for a government who didn’t even think ahead to future PPE needs with deadly virus incoming...


Yes the Health Secretary
failed on that.


Nothing wrong
with Future Wars
using New Technology.

[joeysteele]

...possible or possible not, to be or not to be hi tech future wars are so important to focus spending in pandemic times...for a government who didn’t even think ahead to future PPE needs with deadly virus incoming...

It's unbelievable isn't it Ammi.

[Nicky91]

who cares about military :idc:

[arista]

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