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2026-05-05 Britain

Royal Navy warship crisis deepens as another crippled vessel is written off leaving just five frigates to defend Britain...and there is 'no money to buy weapons'

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Posted by Skidmark 2026-05-05 09:13|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1799 views ] Top

1 There is plenty of money for bread and games.

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-05-05 10:17|| 2026-05-05 10:17|| Front Page Top

2 Fail Britania
Fail above the waves.
Britain is very very close to being slaves

Posted by Lord Garth 2026-05-05 10:21|| 2026-05-05 10:21|| Front Page Top

3 P2K, and money for the Muslim welfare types.

Posted by Rambler 2026-05-05 10:54|| 2026-05-05 10:54|| Front Page Top

4 How is that NATO and EU military without the US going?

I'll say it again... You can have the US dictate your defensive policies and keep your socialist system, or you can have your own military.

You can't have both.

Posted by DarthVader 2026-05-05 11:43|| 2026-05-05 11:43|| Front Page Top

5 It occurs to me that if they are indeed in the process of surrendering to their Moslem colonists, I’d rather their military was not at all well armed and well trained, ready to go a-conquering.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-05-05 12:17|| 2026-05-05 12:17|| Front Page Top

6 ...I think we need to talk to them to give up their nukes.

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-05-05 12:23|| 2026-05-05 12:23|| Front Page Top

7 #5 😀

Posted by Grom the Affective 2026-05-05 13:22|| 2026-05-05 13:22|| Front Page Top

8 So sad to watch the slow suicide of the UK.

Posted by Bertie Sinatra1883 2026-05-05 14:36|| 2026-05-05 14:36|| Front Page Top

9 The Special Relationship has become the Special Needs Relationship, time to consider an immigration program for Welsh/Scots/Irish refugee farmers?

Posted by NoMoreBS 2026-05-05 14:42|| 2026-05-05 14:42|| Front Page Top

The most Green Party story I’ve ever read.

The Greens reparations officer, Antoinette Fernandez, who supports the idea of Britain paying trillions of pounds in slavery reparations, is descended from a Nigerian royal family that traded slaves.

One of them owned 1,400 slaves. pic.twitter.com/K3nfZdW7o5
— Chris Rose (@ArchRose90) May 5, 2026

Posted by Grom the Affective 2026-05-05 15:11|| 2026-05-05 15:11|| Front Page Top

11 Slave raids in Iceland, Ireland, and England were primarily conducted by Barbary pirates from North Africa, particularly during the 16th and 17th centuries. These raids involved the capture of hundreds of people who were sold into slavery in markets across the Barbary Coast.

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-05-05 17:35|| 2026-05-05 17:35|| Front Page Top

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