Danllan
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And didn’t left winger Brown do well, remind me how many elections did he win or have Labour won ever since?
If Blair was so bad he would have not won three clear elections.
As has already been stated by @linga, and I guess as all the Tory haters on here will confirm, an awful depends not on how good a government people think a party will provide, but on how much less awful it will be than the other lot.
Fair enough, but don't be losing sight of who's pulling the EU's strings from the East as we write.I believe it to be true of most if not all nations. I believe the average attention span to detail, has been greatly shortened by the “tweet” world we live in today.
I further believe, that two major powers in particular. USA and UK, have become particularly targeted by Russia, in a very successful attempt to date, to undermine their electoral systems. Why USA and UK in particular? Well we all know why USA, as it’s the great military power. Why UK? Because it is seen as the second military power in NATO. Perhaps in real numbers and hardware, France is now ahead of UK, militarily???
I also believe the thrash / tabloid media world, long before social media, got a foothold in UK, unlike most other countries. It too managed to capture the hearts and minds of the plebs, in a manner which seriously lowered their willingness and eventually ability, to read beyond dog whistle headlines, back page footie and page three titty!!
French capability... worked with them while I was serving, army that is, their airborne troops (mostly FL) were very good, the run of the mill not up to our standards at all; I've friends still serving - and who are now pretty senior - who recently confirmed the same still applies.
I have no personal expertise in the fields of its air force and navy, but have discussed them with people who have opinions I respect; the air force lacks the heavy lift necessary for sustained projection and some fighters are a bit arbitrary, but their best kit and pilots are good.
Their navy... they've wasted unnecessary time and effort on their carrier, two or three conventional ones would have made more sense. Some of their sub's are fine, others not. They have made a good choice in using corvettes, on the same basis as carriers - better use of money. Quality of training... my chums put them a fair bit behind the Germans and Dutch, probably in the top ten, but only just.