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“we’re watching the world being burned down by powerful men – we just didn’t know they would be such #losers”.
There are millions of us across this country right now who do not want #Australia to go down the #USA route. Who want to detach ourselves from Donald Trump 🎃 and to look after us in this country” — #AdamBandt
#AusPol / #Greens / #economics / #Defence / #RAN / #Dolphin / #Submarine / f #AUKUS / #straya / #merica <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/09/australia-election-2025-live-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-labor-coalition-greens-adam-bandt-debate-gas-prices-cost-of-living-economy-tariffsntwnfb?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-67f5e5098f08165382e331f2#block-67f5e5098f08165382e331f2>
The United States can block Germany from using its fleet of F-35 combat jets at any time. The Pentagon is said to have insisted on reserving the right to stop sorties under “exceptional and urgent circumstances, when it is required by the US national interest”. It has also refused to allow German officials to inspect the computer code that controls the aircraft.
http://archive.today/2025.03.20-185126/https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/us-fighter-jets-f35-switch-off-hvl8df2tg (archive)
#Trump #DontBuyAmarican #Defence
"'I need lethal machine learning models, not equitable machine learning models,' Hegseth said."
You f-ing noob, lethality without clarity on what you're killing is worse than useless, you tool.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5206516-pentagon-cancels-wasteful-spending/
#USpol #hegseth #defense #defence #AutonomousWeapons #ai
Brussels seeks to create single market for European defence - EUROPE SAYS
Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wants to create a genuine single market for European defence products andEUROPE SAYS (EUROPESAYS.COM)
So, looks like for now the only increase in defence spending that will be spent in the UK is out own...
But, hey those Europeans, eh? Glad to see the back of them.... /s
#Brexit #defence #security #politics
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/10/tanks-warships-uk-defence-billions-waste
#UkPolitics #UkMedia #Spending #Defence #Scotland
by Another Angry Voice on Substack
@UKLabour
“It’s quite extraordinary that the Labour Party in the UK is operating far to the economic right of Germany’s incoming right-wing government, led by probably the most right-wing figure ever to lead the CDU”
https://open.substack.com/pub/anotherangryvoice/p/how-is-starmers-labour-so-far-to?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios
#Press #UK #Labour #Starmer #Reeves #FarRight #Economy #Germant #Merz #Infrastructure #investment #Defence #Poor
How is Starmer's Labour so far to the economic right of Germany's incoming right-wing Chancellor?
How has Keir Starmer shifted Labour so far to the economic right that Germany's new rabidly right-wing Chancellor elect Friedrich Merz looks economically centre-left in comparison?Another Angry Voice
#Defence #BAESystems #Militray Keynsianism
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/feb/19/bae-systems-reports-record-orders-as-european-defence-spending-rises
I'll leave you to draw your own conclusions about what this might all mean.
#defence
by Anna Orwin Algeo and Iain Overton in Byline Times @BylineTimes @UKLabour
“The UK Government’s big increase in defence spending will likely hugely benefit [Far Right] Reform UK’s biggest donor”
https://bylinetimes.com/2025/02/28/uk-taxpayers-cash-is-funding-an-arms-firm-whose-biggest-shareholder-is-now-bankrolling-nigel-farages-reform-uk/?mc_cid=7a319253b4&mc_eid=a2ef54182e
#Press #UK #Labour #Defence #Spending #Qinetiq #Farage #Reform #Donor #Harborne #MOD #AOAV #CAAT
UK Taxpayers' Cash Is Funding an Arms Firm Whose Biggest Shareholder Is Now Bankrolling Nigel Farage’s Reform UK – Byline Times
The UK Government's big increase in defence spending will likely hugely benefit Reform UK's biggest donorAnna Orwin Algeo and Iain Overton (Byline Times)
"Using the Nexis database to search for coverage of increased defence spending (interestingly, there are significantly more stories on “defence spending” than on “military spending”), we found a 2700% rise in stories across the UK media from 17 February 2020 to 17 February 2025:"
https://www.declassifieduk.org/the-mainstream-media-are-beating-the-drums-of-war/
#Defence #DefenceBudget #UK #Starmer #Media
The mainstream media are beating the drums of war
When did you last see someone interviewed on the BBC who opposed spending more money on the military?DES FREEDMAN (Declassified Media ltd)
Russia Eyes Libya To Replace Syria As Africa Launchpad
The fall of Russian ally Bashar al-Assad in Syria has disrupted the Kremlin's strategy not only for the Mediterranean but also for Africa, pushing it to focus on Libya as a potential foothold, experts say.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Elbit Systems awarded $60 million contract to supply CUAS to NATO European country
Elbit Systems has been awarded a contract worth approximately US$60 million to supply its Counter-UAS (CUAS) systems to a NATO European country. The contract will be carried out over the next three years, the defence technology company said.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)