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The British public has a very strange view of our Armed Forces. Whenever the government says something is working, we usually don't believe them. NHS waiting times the lowest ever? Bullshit! Trains running 99.8% on time? Bollocks! More young people in work than ever? Lol! But for some reason we tend to swallow the government line on defence. All the tired old cliches about "the best in the world" and "matchless capabilities" and "global power". We seem to believe them when that's probably the core area of statecraft where our governments have been consistently weakest and have lent most heavily on spin and lies. The UK is not adequately defended. Our interests are not adequately defended. The Armed Forces are too small and underequipped. Our defence industrial base is woeful. Our enemies are growing stronger every day. They hate us and they cannot be reasoned with or ignored. Serious change is needed, if it is not too late already. All else must be secondary to the security of our country, state, allies and economic interests. Enough.