#RoryStewart & war criminal #AlistairCampbell had a play-fight in #TheRestIsPolitics, blaming each other for the the UK's 1-ship navy comedy. The so-called "#RoyalNavy" has only ship to send to the #Mediterranean, the #destroyer #HMSDragon.

But the real #comedy is that the boys think this is somehow bad. 🤣

The #BritishEmpire is gone. #Thatcher formally abolished it in January 1983.

And without the spoils of Empire, #PerfidiousAlbion can't afford a blue water navy.
It's cosplaying.

#ukpol

The UK continues to delude itself that it has the resources and equipment to be a great military power. It's a fantasy.

In 2009, the UK's #MOD told the #DefenceSelectCommittee that it could sustain readiness of at least 4 #Type45 #destroyers and usually 5, despite cutting the class from 12 ships to 6. The Committee was very doubtful.

In March 2026, #HMSDragon was the only Type45 available for service in Cyprus in the #IranWar.

The UK's military fantasies are out of date.

#ukpol #RoyalNavy

𝘓𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 Defence Secretary #JohnHealeyMP claims the Type 45 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗿 #HMSdragon will be heading to Eastern Mediterranean, in "𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴". 🤔

#KeirStarmer #IranCrisis #OperationEpicFury #USAvsIran #Israel #USA #Iran #DonaldTrump

Royal Navy : Devant être envoyé à Chypre, le destroyer HMS Dragon n’est pas en mesure d’appareiller pour le moment

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.opex360.com/2026/03/07/royal-navy-devant-etre-envoye-a-chypre-le-destroyer-hms-dragon-nest-pas-en-mesure-dappareiller-pour-le-moment/

𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗵 troops tell journalists of their "𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵" over the "inability of the British to get a naval warship here quickly" with #HMSDragon 𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗟𝗟 moored in Portsmouth!

#IranCrisis #KeirStarmer #OperationEpicFury #Iran

#KemiBadenoch 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴 out to the #PrimeMinister that #HMSdragon (a Type 45 destroyer) is still sat in port at 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵.

#IranCrisis #PMQs #KeirStarmer #KemiBadenoch #HouseOfCommons #EdDavey #NigelFarage #UKLabour #Tories #ReformUK #LibDems