New Posts For Thread: Falkland Islands - two questionshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30837823/falkland-islands---two-questions1) would the Argentinians be daft enough to evade again ? 2) would/could Britain retaliate in the same way they did in first time round ?Doesn't that just sum up the situation?Labour ordered them with little thought about the cost, sandbagged to increase the cost by billions and then blamed someone else when they were out of power.A situation we see all too often unfortunately.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30837823/falkland-islands---two-questions?post_id=551589999#551589999Doesn't that just sum up the situation?Labour ordered them with little thought about the cost, sandbagged to increase the cost by billions and then blamed someone else when they were out of power.A situation we see all too often unfortunately.Thu, 06 Apr 2017 09:21:43 -0500Labour ordered two new carriers. The Tories thought about cancelling one and then decided we couldn't afford any planes (and sold off our Harriers to the Yanks, and laid off a third of the army; oh, and scrapped our remaining carrier, the Ark Royal).https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30837823/falkland-islands---two-questions?post_id=551589563#551589563Labour ordered two new carriers. The Tories thought about cancelling one and then decided we couldn't afford any planes (and sold off our Harriers to the Yanks, and laid off a third of the army; oh, and scrapped our remaining carrier, the Ark Royal).Thu, 06 Apr 2017 08:44:56 -0500'The Tories' !Defence strategy takes years and years to plan.Labour are hardly renowned for willingness to commit to defence spending!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30837823/falkland-islands---two-questions?post_id=551583673#551583673'The Tories' !Defence strategy takes years and years to plan.Labour are hardly renowned for willingness to commit to defence spending!Wed, 05 Apr 2017 13:17:30 -0500'The Tories' !Defence strategy takes years and years to plan.Labour are hardly renowned for willingness to commit to defence spending!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30837823/falkland-islands---two-questions?post_id=551583671#551583671'The Tories' !Defence strategy takes years and years to plan.Labour are hardly renowned for willingness to commit to defence spending!Wed, 05 Apr 2017 13:17:30 -0500We once had in 1965 Centaur, Ark Royal, Eagle, Hermes, Victorious, plus heli carriers bulwark and albionhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30837823/falkland-islands---two-questions?post_id=551582939#551582939We once had in 1965 Centaur, Ark Royal, Eagle, Hermes, Victorious, plus heli carriers bulwark and albionWed, 05 Apr 2017 11:52:17 -0500yeah I'd heard there was lots of problems, but they will be carrying aircraft once it's sorted surely.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30837823/falkland-islands---two-questions?post_id=551582253#551582253yeah I'd heard there was lots of problems, but they will be carrying aircraft once it's sorted surely.Wed, 05 Apr 2017 10:52:03 -0500Britain has no aircraft carriers at present at all .There are 2 under construction , one i think will be ready in a year or so and the other a couple of years after that.They have an order for planes from the US , but there are massive issues with thhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30837823/falkland-islands---two-questions?post_id=551582215#551582215Britain has no aircraft carriers at present at all .There are 2 under construction , one i think will be ready in a year or so and the other a couple of years after that.They have an order for planes from the US , but there are massive issues with thWed, 05 Apr 2017 10:50:16 -0500Seriously, are they really not going to carry aircraft or were you exaggerating a bit?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30837823/falkland-islands---two-questions?post_id=551582131#551582131Seriously, are they really not going to carry aircraft or were you exaggerating a bit?Wed, 05 Apr 2017 10:42:31 -0500good questionhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30837823/falkland-islands---two-questions?post_id=551582115#551582115good questionWed, 05 Apr 2017 10:41:08 -0500No aircraft on them? Are you sure? Why are they called aircraft carriers then? What are they going to be used for?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30837823/falkland-islands---two-questions?post_id=551582101#551582101No aircraft on them? Are you sure? Why are they called aircraft carriers then? What are they going to be used for?Wed, 05 Apr 2017 10:39:55 -0500