hey, am I right in thinking you are 23 SAS? was wondering if I could ask for some training advice pal

You work at the Colinton Tesco's don't you?

That is good for now, but once you start cuts when does it really stop? It will only get worse down the road. Better stock up on stuff now, although just think you could be your own police force.

Yup Germany is doing pretty well, and would do better if they dumped the Euro. Well mate the war was easy, it is the peace that is a bitch. Besides we rebuilt Germany to avoid a repeat of the WW I and WW II saga. On the bright side at least you guys can borrow money from them or threaten to unleash your hooligans on the German population......

So far it is'nt looking like it will effect me personally, thank God for small mercies. But it may very well effect the kind of services I can expect from the police, doctors etc. With the exception of the ultra-rich, I don't think anyone is going to come out of this unscathed.

Just to rub salt into the wound, Germany announced record economic growth. Remind me who won the fcuking War again?

Oh mate I would not say that, I would love to get rid of a few states and would swap for you guys in a heartbeat. Well the summer of discontent continues here, however come November there is going to be a big swing to the right. Well sounds like your going to set yourselves up for a big one.... So how will the cuts hurt you mate??

Yup, 20 to 40% in every government department, except the NHS and, God help us, "International Development". Which is what the gub'ment calls throwing money into the worthless sh1t-hole that is Africa.

For fcuk's sake, they're even cutting back on Counter-Terrorism!

The full details will be announced on October 20th, I believe. You'll probably be able to hear the howls of outrage on your side of the Atlantic.

If it was up to me, I'd turn us into a Republic and apply for Britain to become the 51st State of the Union. But even if I could pull it off, you guys would'nt want us. And I don't blame you.

I heard about the cuts 20 to 40 percent? Is it going to be like that for the rest of the country mate? If so your going to have a civil war on your hands. If you cut that many jobs and leave that many people in the lurch it is going to be a nightmare. Might as well buy your sword now to be honest, and figure out the best way to snatch a rifle. I have heard the plan is to fuck the North and Wales and save England?

The other problem is that most of our people have very short memories and can not figure out the fact that if you let it history will repeat itself.

Exactly, mate. And Belgium is'nt even a real country; it's famous for peadophiles and Jean Cluade Van Damme. You have to feel sorry for people who live in a country even the French look down on.

The latest announcement from the gub'mint is that Prisons may need to close and courts will have to restrict their working hours due to lack of money. Which means more criminals on the streets.

You know after 9/11 a few CIA and FBI agents said that Al Queda did'nt kill enough people? What they ment was, the attack was'nt bad enough to scare the public and politicians into taking all necessary measures. I'm beginning to see their point of view; if AQ nuked London - with Ground Zero being the House of Commons during PM's Question Time - they'd probably be doing us a favour.

This country os so fcuked up, only a Military Coup/Facist Dictatorship will save it.

Great not even limited CAS, you would be hard tasked to defend UK Airspace from the Ivans. You should be building every branh and adding 40 percent more of what you had. You guys need the Cold War UK military in all reality. So what would you guys do without the TA? They fill a roll that your police forces can not even come close to matching? Armour is a must even in COIN operations, not to mention a real conflict. So much for the might of the UK mate, you guys might as well just be fucking Belgium at the rate your govt is going. I feel for your boys I really do.

Hard to tell; the politicians are leaking all sorts of Doomsday Scenarios to the Press. That way, when for example the Forces "only" get cut by 20% instead of 40%, people are relieved that it was'nt as bad as it could have been.

The latest I heard is that the RAF will be fcuking raped, with the Army and Navy/Marines not doing much better. The TA, our equivelent of your National Guard don't forget, will be decimated. We have two Reserve SAS regiments. Rumour has it that will be cut to a single regiment. Great idea, when SF have never been busier and need all the trained soldiers they can get.

The heavy stuff like Tanks are in the firing line as well. Your comparison with Ireland is accurate. In fact, if it gets much worse, we'd have trouble defeating the Irish!