It would be the finishing touch on their decade-long dismantling of Her Majesty’s Armed Forces:
In other words, the British left is perfectly content allowing us to handle sea and air superiority on our own. Though British defense policy has centered around the U.S.-U.K. alliance since the beginning of the Cold War, this is the first time in memory that leading British policy wonks have advocated anything less than total security independence (U.S. forces would undoubtedly be needed to supplement a smaller Royal Navy and Air Force). The commission also suggested reviewing the massive twin Queen Elizabeth aircraft carriers (Nimitz-class sized ships that are the core of future British naval strategy), the Type-45 destroyer, and the Astute-Class attack submarine. Killing these programs, along with the Joint Strike Fighter, doesn’t simply degrade the British Armed Forces — but America’s as well. Here’s hoping that the Tories are swiftly voted into power, before Labour is allowed to further weaken the once-mighty British military.
