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Originally posted by Slimey Toad
The way I remember it (back in the 80s anyway, with motions and composite motions at conference) is the power structure of the LP was thus: Party Conference Where did Parliamentary MPs fit in all that? Basically delegated to implement conference decisions, ratified by the NEC and which were originally put forward by constituency members. That sums up the contempt Corbyn has for the ordinary voter. Edit: maybe contempt is too strong. It certainly smacks of disinterest. Edited by Slimey Toad (14 Jul 2016 11.41am) Another view of the same thing is to note that it's the thousands of members who have more of a say in policy that a couple of hundred MPs.....
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Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger
The loon cakes of the Labour, SNP and others actually thinking about voting against a Trident replacement are naive fools who live in a fantasy world. It's not only Corbyn and his cronies who has delusions about the chances of uniliteral disarmament but a disturbingly large amount of supposedly intelligent people. Oh wait, I forgot. That was because of the EU. Loony alert. Go for it then Hrolf - if we don't have Trident, who's going to come and either invade or nuke us? No ifs ands or buts - who are we actually, really deterring? Straight question.
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Originally posted by Mr_Gristle
Go for it then Hrolf - if we don't have Trident, who's going to come and either invade or nuke us? No ifs ands or buts - who are we actually, really deterring? Straight question. Seriously? All potential enemies with nuclear capability and those who might acquire it. Edited by Hrolf The Ganger (18 Jul 2016 1.17pm)
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Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger
Seriously? All potential enemies with nuclear capability and those who might acquire it. Edited by Hrolf The Ganger (18 Jul 2016 1.17pm) And there is the crux of the matter. Reality and the denial of it, (in favour of some self designed lefty utopia full of unicorn farts and same sex parents). Is what drives the more lunatic lefty fringe these days.
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Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger
Seriously? All potential enemies with nuclear capability and those who might acquire it. Edited by Hrolf The Ganger (18 Jul 2016 1.17pm) Hrolf I stand "Four square" behind you on this matter.
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Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger
Seriously? All potential enemies with nuclear capability and those who might acquire it. Edited by Hrolf The Ganger (18 Jul 2016 1.17pm) That's not actually an answer. Who are the enemies? MAD still exists. Who is going to bomb the UK if we don't have our own deterrent? I don't recall Spain, Portugal, Canada, Italy et al being threatened with nuclear or conventional attack since the end of the Cold War. They don't have a nuclear option, to the best of my knowledge. I'd argue that spending tens of billions annually on something we may actually no longer need is beyond bonkers. If you believe having nukes buys our seat on the UN Security Council, then that's a different argument. Edited by Mr_Gristle (18 Jul 2016 1.33pm)
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Originally posted by Mr_Gristle
That's not actually an answer. Who are the enemies? MAD still exists. Who is going to bomb the UK if we don't have our own deterrent? I don't recall Spain, Portugal, Canada, Italy et al being threatened with nuclear or conventional attack since the end of the Cold War. They don't have a nuclear option, to the best of my knowledge. I'd argue that spending tens of billions annually on something we may actually no longer need is beyond bonkers. If you believe having nukes buys our seat on the UN Security Council, then that's a different argument. Edited by Mr_Gristle (18 Jul 2016 1.33pm) -.-'
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Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger
Seriously? All potential enemies with nuclear capability and those who might acquire it. Edited by Hrolf The Ganger (18 Jul 2016 1.17pm) I do think the UK needs a nuclear capability, its one of those things that maybe if we didn't have it, I wouldn't be keen on pursuing it, but as we are a nuclear power, giving it up without significant gains in return seems pointless. I'm not sold on the idea that Trident is the best solution, I think its probably the cheapest most politically convenient solution, and that a lot of people haven't really thought too hard about the implications of making it a modern nuclear deterrent that is better than a land based missile solution. In reality, I think there are maybe only three nuclear powers capable of ensuring the destruction of the UK in which Trident would be a 'MAD' solution (France, the US and maybe Russia). Other countries have nuclear capability, but very limited and the distances involved would make such a strike very detectable in time for retaliation (and its very debatable whether Russia or the US, could launch a sufficiently destructive strike to wipe out the UK's capacity for retaliation. Trident is very much last years man being dressed up in a nice new suit. Problem of Trident has always been the range of its missile capability. During the 60s the UK lagged behind in solid state fuel technology and was incapable of developing long range intercontinental ballistic missiles - and went with trident, which made sense, but never invested in developing those technologies necessary for ICBM capable of delivering nuclear payloads. Truth probably is, that the only way the UK can even pretend to have a nuclear deterrent, is Trident. But it won't be a 'MAD' solution, except for one nation at a time
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Originally posted by Mr_Gristle
That's not actually an answer. Who are the enemies? MAD still exists. Who is going to bomb the UK if we don't have our own deterrent? I don't recall Spain, Portugal, Canada, Italy et al being threatened with nuclear or conventional attack since the end of the Cold War. They don't have a nuclear option, to the best of my knowledge. I'd argue that spending tens of billions annually on something we may actually no longer need is beyond bonkers. If you believe having nukes buys our seat on the UN Security Council, then that's a different argument. Edited by Mr_Gristle (18 Jul 2016 1.33pm) Potentially, Russia Realistically, only North Korea is probably a real threat, and not to the UK. pakistan represents more the threat of Islamists obtaining control of existing nuclear arsenal. Russia and China however would be likely to use the lack of military threat as a means of leverage (and it would mean NATO would only have France as a localised nuclear power - making it far more dependent on the US). And within a decade maybe Saudi Arabia and Iran. Should Iran develop nuclear weapons, its going to start an arms race in the middle east, likely with Saudi Arabia. I wouldn't rule Japan or South Korea out of interest, with North Korea 'joining the club'. Currently, there is no real nuclear threat to the UK, which I believe makes it the ideal time to phase out Trident for a land based long range system. Only France realistically could launch a strike to achieve total destruction without the UK being able to launch from land. Problem really is that Trident only ever has the capability to retaliate to one of those threats, not all of them.
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Originally posted by Mr_Gristle
That's not actually an answer. Who are the enemies? MAD still exists. Who is going to bomb the UK if we don't have our own deterrent? I don't recall Spain, Portugal, Canada, Italy et al being threatened with nuclear or conventional attack since the end of the Cold War. They don't have a nuclear option, to the best of my knowledge. I'd argue that spending tens of billions annually on something we may actually no longer need is beyond bonkers. If you believe having nukes buys our seat on the UN Security Council, then that's a different argument. Edited by Mr_Gristle (18 Jul 2016 1.33pm) I understand the basis of the counter argument and I accept that Trident itself is in flexible and needs updating but are you really telling me that in the event of a nuclear stand off, you would rely on other friendly nations to protect us?
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Originally posted by dannyh
And there is the crux of the matter. Reality and the denial of it, (in favour of some self designed lefty utopia full of unicorn farts and same sex parents). Is what drives the more lunatic lefty fringe these days. Ha ha post of the day.....
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Originally posted by Mr_Gristle
That's not actually an answer. Who are the enemies? MAD still exists. Who is going to bomb the UK if we don't have our own deterrent? I don't recall Spain, Portugal, Canada, Italy et al being threatened with nuclear or conventional attack since the end of the Cold War. They don't have a nuclear option, to the best of my knowledge. I'd argue that spending tens of billions annually on something we may actually no longer need is beyond bonkers. If you believe having nukes buys our seat on the UN Security Council, then that's a different argument. Edited by Mr_Gristle (18 Jul 2016 1.33pm) ARE YOU FOR REAL ???????
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Originally posted by steeleye20
It needs more than updating it needs a complete re-think. Silent submarines are 1980's technology its a big if that they are not detectable now and more so in the future. I would rather have Jeremy Corbyn looking at this than the tories just rubber stamping it as usual. He is actually willing to go along with Trident in some form if all the work is done in UK. I wonder if the truth is that this is a first strike weapon then that would deter (mad isn't it) ...................................................... You want a known CND supporting surrender monkey to asses our military capability? Edited by Hrolf The Ganger (18 Jul 2016 3.58pm)
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Please answer sensibly or not at all thank you. Really you are a c**t etc etc please refrain
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Originally posted by steeleye20
Please answer sensibly or not at all thank you. Really you are a c**t etc etc please refrain No one has called you anything/ How about giving a coherent justification for clinging on to the idea that the entire world will disarm and that defending ourselves will no longer be necessary when all the evidence points toward than never happening in the imaginable future.
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