Mark Rowlands

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@afneil What can you say about people who get so much pleasure from seeing their neighbours lose?

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@piersmorgan What is it with the Scots? It is just plain nasty.

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@Gabriel64869839 @darrenjaundrill @TBrit90 Why does the USN seem to get much more life out of its warships?

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@afneil In Ireland a few years ago, I recall a championship where the Irish were participating but England were not (btw, I am Welsh). England, and the British TV coverage wished Ireland well and supported them. The reaction? "Who the hell do they think they are? Still in charge?"

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@enviro1993 @nicholadrummond Crazy. Where is the logic?

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@BearJFK @nicholadrummond Of course, the old Albion and Bulwark carriers
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@MartinE33275784 @UKDefJournal But they will be cost cutting! By the mid 2030s the UK economy will be on par with Peru.

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@Ho88sy @UKDefJournal That looks about right. I don't know how senior officers can lend themselves to this. Clearly, there will be a considerable gap between scrapping the T45s and the arrival of the CCVs.

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@WarshipsIFR We couldn't even manage that. Shameful

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@FennellJW HMS Ark Royal?

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@UKdefUS @RoyalNavy @RMBandService @usnavyband @Australian_Navy @RoyalMarines @AusintheUS Were there any Royal Navy ships present for the Internation Fleet Review?

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@blackfordian1 @gllnkk @England Banter with an undercurrent of nasty resentment.

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@DavidBillinge @NavyLookout @IBallantyn @andyburnham I thought Burnham has already approved the plan?

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@ReidGraham95968 @toadmeister 20 ships are replaced by 12, which in turn are replaced by 6, and they are not replaced at all......

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@MarkCherry66579 @toadmeister I wouldn't bank on it. Hasn't Our Andy already given the plan the thumbs up?

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@Dr_M_Davis Clearly. No need for crews or expensive warships. Job done! How cynical. How can Jarvis lend himself to this?

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@WalkerMarcus You can see the appeal: no expensive ships and no need for crews.

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@jamesgardenman @BenWigg31996683 @domhauschild We can't (or won't put the money into) be a middle rank naval power

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@MostlyTory86 @domhauschild @larisamlbrown Indeed. Game over.

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@NavyLookout @portilloandhen @NSoames Sunday Times reporting Types 83 and 32 not going to be built.