Armed Forces

  • Remembrance at Westminster Abbey

  • Westminster Week: Good intentions

    Monday

    It’s Strategic Defence Review day, and Sec. for Defence John Healey MP (Rawmarsh and Conisbrough/Labour) is out swinging. He says it’s a lifesaver of a document, meant to keep our Armed Forces afloat.

    He calls it “a vision for the next ten years, and beyond,” but beyond that it’s not clear what it’s for. Ukraine is fighting Russia. Russia is fighting Ukraine. It’s a shop floor aside from it.

    Healey says, “We will spend what we need to deliver this spending review.” Sure, so would anybody. The clarity needed is what it’s for. What are the interests of the UK overseas, and how does it help? It’s not clear.

    Wednesday

    Prime Minister’s Questions is an energetic event at times. Today, the Leader of the Opposition dispatched a flurry of criticisms.

    She says he’s “not stabilised the economy”; it’s “chaos, chaos, chaos”; and all “announcements, with no detail”. It makes politics look like a tragic affair.

  • Revealed: MOD “Firefight” program

    You might think Wales is a quiet place. It has hills, valleys, and fields. The picture perfect image isn’t raucous. The unofficial national symbol of a sheep tells a story of a slow life.

    In recent history, these go-to’s have not been so familiar even to the people of Wales as they are. The strange events that unfolded in many of its towns and cities explain why this is.

    The Ministry of Defence (or, MOD) is a strange department. It doesn’t exist to fight an enemy, but it helps the British Army to do it. Meanwhile, it should have other duties to perform.

    In the backstreets of Wales, it became clear it hadn’t. The strange noises, the burned out homes, and car doors left wide open showed this. The locals were able to talk about it too.

    They’d seen MOD officials on their streets, taking people from their homes. They’d seen guns taken out – and quickly put back in. It was a firefight here and there that raised concerns.

    The official excuse had been a “recruitment cum conscription” exercise, based off inaccurate reporting. The plan was to jolt people into action, but they also had the wrong contacts.

    The trauma led to kids missing school, adults quitting jobs, and officials in despair. The duration was closer to ten years than ten days, as an MOD spokesperson mistakenly suggested.

  • New gov post for army

    A new role, Armed Forces Commissioner, is set to be created by the government to serve the interests of those employed in the armed forces.

    “The Armed Forces Commissioner will champion serving personnel and their families who make great sacrifices to help keep Britain secure at home and strong abroad.”

    The Commissioner will seek to uphold concerns of personnel, including matters such as their personal wellbeing, housing, and equipment.

  • British army or British barmy?

    Our confidence in the militaries of the West may need a review.

    This is according to the results of a survey of over 4,500 adults in the UK published by YouGov, which found just 9% believe Ukraine have the advantage over Russia.

    The stats are even worse in the case of Russia who have the confidence of 27% of the UK population. This is an abysmal result.

    Any requests for more funding by the British Army may need to include a budget for new marketing materials, perhaps.

  • Exclusive: Ex-MI5 head located

    In an explosive news story for ConservativeNewsSite.com, a former head of MI5 has been sensationally re-located and relieved of his duties.

    This suspect had been appointed by Queen Elizabeth 2nd, but had refused to leave his duties after being asked to do so. He remained at large until today.

  • Seedy army life

    The Army is as difficult to understand as the UK at times.

    There’s a load of people, a lot of activity, and it’s spread out all over. Never has it been clearer what is at fault in our lifestyles, however, in part because our paths cross and strange things occur as they do.

    It’s not usually positive in my experience.

    Most of the soldiers I’ve met are criminally minded, and in too many instances were engaged in crime as I met them. I found a young soldier cornering a civilian in an attempt to abduct her. He’s a sort that trades people for cash in the UK.

    Later, I found out about a group called “Abduction Unit”, who organised random kidnappings. It did it on a larger scale but by that I don’t mean hundreds or thousands of people. Perhaps “complex” is a better word. It implies operations are planned and targets are wealthier.

    In one target area children were told to “go down” for three months so their parents could secure it. In some places soldiers destroy civilian security measures put in place for our safety to remove any and all obstacles to their own operations.