20 years to build and commission a boat? Does it really take that long to put one together?

No. More than likely UKGov decided that's how long they wanted to take to pay for it and BAE said 'well, that's when you'll get it then'.


But we've still got lots of Typhoons to fight those advanced air to air battles we'll have to undertake, and Tornadoes to zip in under the sophisticated antiaircraft defense systems our enemies will obviously have...

Jon

Well if we scrapped the billions we are going to waste (i mean spend) updating Trident then we could have a decent navy, airforce and army.

We need to decide if we want to be a "world power" or not - if we do then we need to spend the money needed to get there and not try to do it on a shoestring.

Although I like the idea of replacing Trident, we just can't afford it.

Rubbish, we have to afford it. After all, in the infinitesimally small chance that Russia or China might decide to attack us with nuclear weapons rather than just buying the entire country with the small change they found down their national sofa we have to be able to make sure we managed some form of retaliation, shortly after they've turned the vast majority of the UK population into radioactive ash.

Schools, hospitals and libraries are a small price to pay to ensure some level of satisfaction for the few blind, burned survivors.

Jon

That's MAD, Jon. MAD I tell you

"Clueless" just doesn't quite do it.....there are several other words I could use but I don't think they'd get through the filters.

We may as well just hang a "CLOSED" sign on the entire country, because at the moment, none of the f******* in Westminster have even the slightest clue what to do. A bunch of meerkats could do a better job.