Hi All,
Paul,
Can you seal it with DO NOT OPEN TILL BRAIN FOUND! on the top please ? 😀

Geoff.

Hi All,
JG,
Hasn’t our Nigel just said he may stand for re-election as party leader ? I agree with him on the proportional representation idea is this fair ? UKIP 1 Seat for 12.6% of the vote SNP/LD/DUP/SIN FEIN/PLAID CYMRU and the SD&LP all got more seats for less % of the vote in particular the SNP’s 56 seats and the Lib Dems 8 for less voters than our Nige, even if totalled the SNP and Lib Dems together more people voted for UKIP so where is the fairness in the system ?

Geoff.

Hi All,
From there debut just released March 27 self titled album. Dancing On Nails .:cool:

Geoff.

Hi All,
Charlie,
I agree in principal but the spiralling cost is what my bug bear is and the way money is thrown at the F-35 pretty soon they’ll cost more than their weight in Gold the way it’s going if they can definitely say we can fix A/B/C and D then the aircraft turns into a winner I have no problem but like I said if it can be shot down on exercise twice that I have read of, the stealthy characteristics are compromised by wing stores and an after burning engine,Tyre issues,Pilot Helmet Issues etc.etc.etc. then the money we have pumped into this programme could have gone into the MR4 and we may possibly just have a maritime capability still, to be honest I agree with what you say about the discussion but I just do not know what the answer is other than what I have an opinion on, for all I know once it has had all the kinks ironed out it could be the best since the Spitfire/Mustang/Lightning/F-4-14-15-16-18 etc.etc.

Geoff.

Hi All,
kev 99,
The problem I have with this is how Fox said we spent £3.8 billion then cancelled for nine aircraft, yet here we are a few years down the line and hey presto we now have 12 aircraft for £2 billion the sums seem a bit cockeyed to me unless it’s because this is off the shelf purchasing against developing our own upgrade of a tested platform ??

Geoff.

Hi All,
I don’t know if this has been in the news during the year but the Sun On Sunday reporting that the RAF is ordering 12 Boeing P-8 Poseidon’s in a £2 billion pound deal (£1 billion more than predicted but still less than the £3.8 billion for MR4 That Liam Fox said had been spent and still not working correctly.) for our maritime needs. Apparently over the last few years foreign subs have been detected more and more??? Does this really make any sense after the review scrapped the MR4 programme that was close to completion I mean I admit I haven’t a clue what the outlay was originally on upgrading the tried and tested nimrod but surely it could have been done for this amount and safeguard British jobs as a bonus or am I wrong ??
Can I play devils advocate and allege was this the plan all along and that’s why Liam Fox scrapped MR4 because he was offered them as replacements and just had to go along with leaving the country without maritime protection other than to call on other NATO country’s till the situation about the scrapping was over, I mean the scrapping was done much the same way as TSR2 even behind screens to prevent prying eyes your thoughts please. :confused:

Geoff.

Hi All,
Rich many thanks for that matey keep up the good work with the shack and big pat on the back to all the team for their continued perseverance with the project. :applause:

Geoff.

Hi All,
Many thanks to all who have posted the news and Videos in this thread great viewing. :applause:

Geoff.