I think Rear Admiral Mathias may agree w/ you:

"called on Aukus to be “cancelled now” indicating a preference for using technology to find “cost-effective” means of achieving the same levels of capability, by utilising things such as drones & smaller, unmanned submarines."

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- "Dreadnought class, should be the “last class of nuclear-powered submarines that the UK builds”

- "Aukus to be “cancelled now”

- Preference for using tech to find “cost-effective” means of achieving the same levels of capability by utilising things such as drones & smaller, unmanned submarines."

Yeah, I want to know what u think too @albomp.bsky.social

Rear Admiral Mathias:
- "Britain is no longer capable of running a capable nuclear submarine programme

- Performance...continues to get worse in every dimension

- Inability to produce attack submarines at the scale required"

I'm taking this srsly. We'd be fools to ignore the⬆️ f-r trend esp in light of Trump 2.0 & Trump-loving wealthy backers such as Rinehart active in politics in the b/ground.

So too do I take it as a threat re neo-Nazis intending to stand in the next election, unlike Bourke...
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There's always Advance and/or other shadowy rich backers who might have an interest and take the opportunity. I'm not taking this threat so lightly as Bourke.

"They will fail in spectacular fashion" says Bourke wrt neo-Nazis standing in the next election.

Well, I'm nowhere near as confident. For example, how come someone like Ralph Babet got elected as a senator?

"2024 study by Alabrese et al finds that the vast majority of UK regions experienced significant output losses as a result of Brexit, estimated at 5–10 percentage points of GDP relative to synthetic counterfactuals."

Wikipedia:
"Economists & analysts at Cambridge Econometrics found that, by 2035, the UK is anticipated to have 3 million fewer jobs, 32% lower investment, 5% lower exports & 16% lower imports, than it would have had been. ...the UK will be £311bn worse off by 2035 due to leaving the EU.[57]

Unfortunately, tragically, I think this is a much broader & bigger threat to public health, disease control & prevention. Many innocent people (& parents) regardless of any political leanings will continue to trust the system & govt's public health advice.

These are perilous times for all.

"Infectious disease experts were alarmed by the committee’s focus on the larger childhood schedule."

“No one should follow any recommendations from ACIP,” (said) Peter Hotez."

More detail of this dangerous anti-science panel and its anti-immunisation agenda here:
www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/c...

While Fossil Free Football realises that Mr Infantino is preoccupied with his own prize-giving ceremony, it is sure that his Qatari private jet will be on hand to collect the Football Climate Impact Prize he so richly deserves! 👨‍✈️

Congratulations, Mr President! 👑

Infantino has handed it the 2034 World Cup, platformed its pro-oil advertising and routinely stood in support of its leaders and their Trump administration allies 🤝

His impact is typified by his championing of Saudi Arabia. Internationally isolated after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, its FIFA facilitated football takeover has helped it rebuild soft power and re-normalise its 'brand' 💪

It has put this leverage to use in blocking international climate action ❌

The FIFA President once held up a “green card for the planet” and promised to halve its emissions by 2030 🌍

But years of cosying up to Putin, the rulers of Qatar, MBS and President Trump have ensured the world’s favourite sport is a plaything for oil funded authoritarians 🛢️

His crowning achievement is the sale of the world’s biggest platform, the FIFA World Cup, to the world’s biggest polluter, Saudi state oil company Aramco 😳

Despite player backlash, Aramco will be promoting fossil fuels to billions next summer! 📺