Its like letting that mate who orders the jalfrezhi because they haven't outgrown ordering hottest thing on the menu despite having IBS also ask the waiter first 'if they do proper hot meals' knowing his missus is picking him up in her micra with a 40 min drive home and -7c outside...

Extra baking soda to give them that extra kick. 3hrs later farting like a greyhound

If they are having fish & chips tell them its like tequila- salt, then fork of peas, then bite the lemon..

Fabio the chef from the Italian restaurant... real name Gary

Italian and remember the decent coffee

Anything you need or all good?
Going to be another impressive trek

Are GI Joe toys now standard issue?

Excessive enrichment of one type under the guise of preventing excessive enrichment of another

Saw them in the day and was skeptical could ever reach those heights... saw them a decade later and they are pure energy and joy, blowing higher billing away at festivals

Because they are expecting their literature to only appeal to angry incels

Same Hill is apparently 'working for Trump to undermine Starmer'...
Its just bonkers but if you look where they are being wound up it is usually a political hack or someone rehashing one

Yep but they aren't going after him on that it keeps getting recited 'he is a US lobbyist' and that's why wants 'more money and is trying to get cash for US arms' which just proves they never read any of the recommendations

System - open chequebook please and think of a number... now adda zero to the end

This has been a feature of many procurement contracts IMHO - make less on the bid to build but squeeze on support once in the field and too expensive politically and actually to write off.
US did this a lot with systems where tied in for support and any update.
Want to fit that new missile to your

Absolutely and I take issue with Robertson bringing welfare into it too.
But saw concerted effort to shutting down Robertson and Hill criticism of inaction by 'playing man, not ball' which has a definite Treasury feel just like MoD and ministers have spoken to them both saying getting nowhere

No mate clear on that but it is how discussions can and are being shutdown by this.

Been hidden from Gov as a way of shutting it down.
A few posts by political commentators seem to have spawned these.

Always interesting to see nudges at play from factions in Gov.

Perfect to work on SDR iuntil says something don't like then evil lobbyist...

@tanktales.bsky.social
You recently commented om the SDR discussion on here being positive.
Side note am also seeing what I believe is Treasury placed pushback against Lord Robertson and Fiona Hill.
Note how quickly folks with no understanding of SDR were directed to his jobs as if a revelation or

Majority Assholes Governing America possibly works too George ifwant to nick it

Made sure that fact made it to a few political people to drown out the criticism and why Hill nodoubt spoke up afterwards.
Robertson probablyspoke out after people at MoD told him they were getting pushback from said Treasury.
Welcome to politics you have been nudged and don't know it

Now in reality we both know you didn't look at the list of appointments for Lord Robertson to form this opinion.
You like countless others either saw Adam Bienkov's post or someone citing it, or someone reciting it.
My guess is none of those read the SDR either but someone probably in the Treasury

Now you have two options - you didn't know any of this and were influenced by someone else ad believed you formed your own opinion while being nudged in a direction to attack someone speaking out of turn to Gov, or you read the SDR, didn't understand it and formed a bad opinion of what it says

Should pipe down because he's lobbying for the Yanks...

Btw he's never worked for Trump so it would be silly to say nobody who works for any American company can say anything critical because of Trump when they don't work for him...

Suggest read SDR and not just react to political charged nudfes

And was hired to make the report by Starmer and the gov with his jobs well known to them.
So yes I am assuming you have been incited by a certain post which has spawned these daft critiques.
So you are telling the guy who wrote a report you didn't read that says don't just buy from the Yanks he

You didn't answer the question about the SDR because the answer is no you didn't.
The SDR essentially says do not just spend all your money on overseas kit you have to build, develop and buy UK made for security for resilience - ie we can't rely on US one of the authors of whom is said Robertson

This to me is the obvious mistake - it was rushed and then silly self imposed deadlines caused problems

In a report that essetially says don't go off and spend it on US stuff need to build and spend here.
Read the SDR please because if claiming its lobbying for US its a shit job of it.
This post has spawned hundreds of uninformed never read the SDR takes

Now can you answer me a valid question did you bother to read the SDR or look into who Fiona Hill was in relation to it or just dive in because some social media or politically charged commentator nudge you in said direction with a knowingly crafted post?

Sigh she is not she is Chancellor of Durham Uni she hasn't worked for US Gov for years.
Her name is on the SDR paper the gov is stalling on so she has an absolute right to call them out on that as all the authors do, just like Drs with a health review or folks ask to investigate after disasters

And all the usual suspects can do is not read the SDR, claim he's lobbying for US firms and mske utter dicks of themselves as the SDR says build moee here don't just by from overseas

Probably one of the few sensible replies that hasn't descended into silly hatchet jobs or political points scoring