The secret to how the UK can annihilate Putin | Hamish de Bretton-Gordon
Вставка
- Опубліковано 11 січ 2025
- “When Putin looked West on February 24 2022, he didn't see a conventional deterrence. And we are absolutely key to Nato's conventional deterrence.”
The government need to spend more money on UK defence to strike the final blow to Putin, says former British Army Colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon.
Join this channel to get access to perks -
/ @listentotimesradio
📻 Listen to Times Radio - www.thetimes.c...
🗞 Subscribe to The Times www.thetimes.c...
📲 Get the free Times Radio app www.thetimes.c...
A Merry Christmas to all the men and women who defend the UK. They have been under-appreciated for far too long.
All of them? What about the naughty ones? What would Father Christmas say about that?
I'm not from the UK but I agree with you totally 100%
Not defended that well is it?
What people defending the UK? What BS are you talking? No one is defending the UK. Our veterans are the reason we're flooded with migrants. They chose to illegal invade the middle east causing all these problems. Those soldiers can't even stop themselves being stabbed and beheaded on their own streets. They are not protecting our borders, they are not protecting our streets. What are they doing to defend this country?
Fool they are not defending your nation they're defending the rothschild family plan of turning ukraine into gaza 2.0
Exactly what NATO have been saying, we have to spend more on our protection.
You honestly do..
Protection from what?
Russia wouldn't touch the UK with a bargepole.
We have been the aggressors round the world for 30 years.
Yes condoms should be worn from now on.
Exactly what Trump has been saying, but not NATO. NATO is the US and the US has alway liked Europe to be militarily weak. 'Keep the US in, Russia out, and Germany down' has been the US mantra about Europe since 1945. Britain is caught by the dilemma that it wants to attack and defeat Russia but that can only happen with the Americans and not the French or Germans. The Germans have been kept emasculated militarily since 1945, the way Britain likes it to be, but now that policy is backfiring.
Spending 'more' is a USA method where they famously pay $9000 for a regular bag of bolts. Spend better and maybe you wont lose $300Bn with no idea where its gone The UK will never up spending on its army because successive governments have been told for the past 75 years that large land armies are a thing of the past. This lack and criminal lack of spending has been going on since Elizabeth I. The near future could have 10s of millions of killer drones on a single battlefiled, too dangerous for people. The soldier I think is going the way of the cavalry charge. We need drone investment, air land and sea because new fighter jets are dexribed as flying coffins by peopole like Elon Musk.
Thank you FRIENDS for supporting Ukraine.
God bless you Ukraine and happy Christmas. Love from England🙂🎄🫡
We will always support Ukraine
I don't. The corrupt Banderite junta is going down. But it's the Ukrainian people I feel sorry for. They've been USED as CIA cannon-fodder and their country destroyed in a deranged effort to 'hurt Russia'' that has failed even in its own sick terms.
Comedian Zelensky and his hangers-on, of course, will end up living in Miami as. multi-millionnaires.
Thank you FRIENDS for supporting Russia.
@@TimMuller-c3q Have you ever thought of joining the Foreign Office, now would be good.
I wonder if we'll ever have a government that actually knows how to run a country...?? Instead of constant gross mismanagement.
Totally agree
Running a country, trying to balance the needs and wants of tens of millions of people, is a complicated business. Human beings are imperfect. You are never going to see a perfectly run country. It's not doable.
@@bobohare4825 obviously but perfect was never a option but they have taken incompetent to new heights.by they I mean the entire political class
@@bobohare4825 Well you could argue basic security is up there as a priority. Here we are still begging the USA like in WW2, where is the lesson learned? And this time, we're begging despite it being just Russia and not the entire of conquered Europe. In fact, Europe is on our side and they're begging too.
Where and how did all this rot start?
Let's remember the Tories allowed the armed forces to get into this state before jumping on the blame Starmer bandwagon
I agree but Starmer isn’t helping. Defence isn’t even on his radar. When we go to war it will be with our pants down again like WW2
What state? We still build absurd aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines that were obsolete 50 years ago!
Starmer is to blame.
@@longandshort6639 Hahahaha! Bot.
@@longandshort6639 here is a rublebot Russian propagandabot 5000 doing its thing in the YT comments how new and totally not a completely apparent and obvious thing by now lol
Fair enough, but the problem didn't start on July 4, so the Tories must bear a lot of responsibility for this.
The Conservatives have been cutting the Military since they came in in 2010.
People seem to be blaming a lot on labour that’s actually been building under the tortes for a decade or more.
Tories had to find the savings to fund tax cuts
@@jjsmallpiece9234 And to pay for Brexit. Only Covid came in between and all the austerity money that they had saved went into that.
We need a small military focused on protecting our border.
It’s absolutely scandalous in fact treacherous the way successive governments treat the defence of the realm.
Defence spending should be ring fenced and the budget should be what we actually need.
I mean the British army being reduced to 71,000 and politicians simply allowing this to happen is simply disgraceful they all should be sacked.
Strategic Defence Reiew 2010 - Cut the aircraft carriers asap and had no carrier ability for years. Got rid of the Harriers, sold them to the USA for next to nothing. Cut the army. Cut teh Naval personnel, cut the air force personnel. 2015, papered over some of thos cracks, but still a lot of what they said they'd do did not materialise.
We've been enjoying the peace dividend and have taken our eyes off the threat of growing autocracies around the World. Finally we've had a wake up call, we're no longer an Empire and can't rely on the Commonwealth Countries to come to the rescue. Taking a step back, the UK hasn't recovered from the 2008/9 crash. The economy has shrunk year on year for two decades, fourteen years of total mismanagement thanks to the Tory's and now we find ourselves trying to pull a rabbit out of the hat. I'm in my mid seventies and I have never seen this Country in such an absolute mess.
Sack the idiots who voted for the treacherous idiots 😮
Defending your borders is paramont for all countries,The Nato countries have to realise they have to spend much more to defend against countries like Russia, If they have a strong army airforce and navy, it will act as a deterent to stop wars from starting. Ukraine should be allowed to join Nato, why should they need Putins permission. Putin has broken many agreements in the past, they should not listen to him and Lavroc.
Yeah! It’s about time. The limeys have been relying on the US for protection, for nigh on a hundred years. It needs to stop now!!! Why should hard working Americans pick up the tab for defending the English bums!
A big portion of defense spending should be on drone tech, and drone tech depends on light mfg tech like 3d printing, software guidance and control systems etc that are not expensive to setup a shop for, and all those techs that have massive potential for spinoffs in civilian markets. it should be a no brainer to spend on that tech. young people would love to get involved in it too.
Lol the UK's drones cost about $150k apiece *minimum*. The cheap variants are commercial drones made in... China! We don't have robotics classes in schools, they do. It paid off.
Forget it. Anyone applying for security clearance has to wait 5 months only to be told they lost the application and the paper work. Conservative party did Putin a great service when they slashed their budget leaving them with a third of the staff they needed.
@@zakpearce7826 Half the world is investing in Ukrainian drone companies (inherently volatile and risky but a spread portfolio investment is a good medium-long term bet) and the UK is one of those that has specific agreements that will allow us to share in the benefits of the successful developments. We are watching the Ukrainians to see what works best in terms of small start ups, scale up, training and integration of drone units to existing arms of defence forces. We are not going to miss the boat on this one.
Why did his beloved Tories leave the military in such a mess then ?
He sounds ridiculous - how can we trust him when he tries to pin the blame on Labour, they've only been in power 6 months, and THERE IS a massive black hole in the finances of the nation. The Tories lied about it, plus with Brexit it's hardly going to get better quickly is it?
Exactly
@@jstoner9029the two party system is a scam. No matter who you vote for they just take turns at serving only themselves. It’s broken and the voters fall for it every time “it’s labours fault” “it’s tories fault”. The government is working exactly as intended
The two party system is a scam that voters keep falling for. They switch sides and take turns at serving themselves only. The government is working exactly as intended
Army strength 103,000 in 2010.
There was a 2010 Strategic Defence Review is by many non partisan experts rated as one of the three worst post WW2 ones. Along with 1957 and 1981.
It was nothing more than a slashing exercise run by the Treasury.
With Osborne wanting to go further still.
The new review actually has a small core, despite the guest’s comments.
Fiona Hill a British born Russia expert who for a time advised the previous Trump administration and is generally respected over there.
A former Chief Of The Defence Staff.
Lord Robertson, who as George Robertson got one of the better reviews through in 1998, outmaneuvering the Treasury. Then a former head of NATO.
A decent interviewer would have explored this review, the challenges which alol incoming governments do. They did at the height of the Cold War.
But as one expert, Peter Hennessy said referring to his journalist career in the 1970’s, ‘back when I was at The Times, when it was a quality newspaper’.
There is a case that along with many other nations , the war on terror conflicts affected procurement away from full scale conflicts.
But at the time what was said?
‘We need light armoured mine proof vehicles not artillery, tanks etc’.
Like I always say : To make sense of Times Radio assume that the reality is the direct inverse of what they write
If defence money is spent/wasted on the wrong new weaponry as has happened in the past it doesn't matter if the budget is 2% 3% or even 4%. GET IT RIGHT.
Yes. The remarkable work being done by the Ukraine engineers and drone warfare is stunning. All of the Western Dems need to take a close look at where our military $$$$ is going.
im sorry 10 weeks to get a 'license' just to ship some gas masks....processes for the sake of processes, and health and safety gone mad, acting too weak and 'by the rules'....this is why the uk is a sh*tshow and has gone soft
Yeah, nuts but at least the Ukrainians will get some respirators. Probably would have taken even longer if HdBG hadn't got involved personally. I wrote to my MP asking them to ask why confiscated small boats & their engines were not being sent to Ukraine. She did forward to the then Tory government but all we got was a condescending brush off from an anonymous Home Office representative saying that the boats were not seaworthy. Duh! It's the engines they need and only to cross the Dnieper not the Channel.
Wasn't Brexit supposed to do away with ridiculous red tape? Like all the Brexit campaign lies, Britain should face the fact that the red tape is our speciality and had nothing to do with Europe. Despite rumours to the contrary, Sir Humphrey is alive and well and taking interest in why export licenses for respirators are taking as little as 10 weeks to process.
Computer says no.
You know you're in trouble when people of this calibre think 1/5th is 25%.....
The problem is two fold, people thinking these people are of a certain calibre and thinking those people suddenly do not make mistakes.
Where you study maths.1/5 th is 20 percent.
You are missing the point!!!! 🙄
If you remove 1/5th from something, the ratio of that amount to the remaining amount is 25%. So it is you who needs math lessons.
Try to keep up please if you want to discuss things with the grown ups.
@@Oodle-ox2vf you are still missing the point you intellectual vacuum.
I very much like and respect Hamish, but it's all very good quoting James Heappey like he's got the answers - Heappey has been Armed Forces Minister for the last four years until the Conservatives party lost the election. Their record of looking after the Armed Forces is dire - early retirements of Harrier, Tornado, Hercules; a failed pivot to Asia and deployment of the two new carriers (which we can't deploy a carrier battle group to protect); terrible recruitment and retention of armed forces personnel, accomodation that isn't fit for people - the list is long and does not make edifying reading. Trying to lay all of this at the new adminstrations feet wont wash, it's a Conservative failure.
Right.
Hamish a clown
In the 1970’s from walking in to a recruiting centre to begin in the army was around five months if not earlier 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Recruitment outsourced to the private sector. Enough said!
Your guest is probably the most balanced regular youu have on this channel. My gripe is; Now listen to the content and look at the title of the episode. Times Radio, you are no better than "clickbIt" in a tabloid. Stop it and bring back responsible jounalistic standards when publishing on You Tube
Responsible doesn't succeed on UA-cam.
I agree, the title doesn't fit with what the video is about.
Agreed. The quality of the interviews is so high that these titles are an insult to your guests.
Let's be honest he is a warmongering spoon
So...who is going to take responsibility for the negligence of leaving security under par and in a terrible state ? It's a criminal offence to put the tax payer at unreasonable risk
@bg1616 "secuirty under par"
We have one of the most all encompassing, vigilant & agile surveillance apparatuses in the world. between Gchq and Mi5 Britain is near impenetrable. Not to mention what the SAS & SBS can bring to the table on their day.
And as we are an island nation, under God, we would fight to the last man.
When Albion fights, she fights clever, first in the shadows, then from the trees, then finally on the field - where we can see our man.
@jamespires3383 OK thankyou for that beacon of light, could you now send it to the NATO leadership that insists we are not strong enough without the USA. Are you aware of the doomsday concern about USA puling out of NATO?
@@jamespires3383 Nobody want's to fight for Globalist UK that has imported all the people we would naturally be fighting.
@bg1616 Victoria Nuland is out of the game now so it's hard to know who's in charge. It certainly isn't ursula von der lying or Mark "get the Dutch guy to sort it" Rutte
Remind me again who are we being threatened with INVASION from?
Because your deluded. Or just parroting propaganda they are the same thing.
It's incredible what this man is claiming about Labour and defence!
Labour have just begun the process of renationalising military housing. How come he doesn't mention that?
What about privatising recruitment in the military? 2012 Conservative government.
Have Labour pared back Army manpower in the last 6 months they've been in power? No, tha, again, was the Conservatives.
I'm going to take note of the name Hamish de Bretton-Gordon and ignore him next time he speaks. He's playing politics with national defence and he's stupidly biased.
we would only need the boy scouts
The government really needs to work on making the country fairer and make people feel this country is worth protecting.
I wouldn't lift a finger for this country.
I prefer the Russian model myself
If anything was a secret then they wouldn't be talking about it on social media !!
Just for a comparison, from recruitment to the military basic training here in the states can be a little as a month, but as long as 8, depending on the position requested.
Absolute mental to think the UK might have to fight Russia it's self..we don't have any resources to fight a country the size of Russia...and I don't think the general public have no energy or desire
to want to fight a war
Even in the sorry state of Western militaries, Russia would be wiped out in a conventional war with Western European forces. Russia is in a fight to the death against Ukraine, which is using a fraction of the equipment held by Western European nations. How can anyone say that Russia would initiate a war with a NATO member?
He also speaks of the UK Government, it might be worthwhile for him to note who funded the UK military from 2010 into 2014? The UK public needs to consider where did all the money go if it was not going to national defense, the NHS, building new schools and hospitals, expanding rail service, or any other public service?
You mean European forces. There are 32 NATO members and not all of these are in Western Europe.
I agree. President Putin pointed out to his own genrals who wanted all out war with NATO how unwise that would be as even American defense spending far exceeded theirs. Why then would he even attack Ukraine and why time and time again has his aim been for peace. When the Warsaw Pact ended it was on the understanding that NATO would do likewise. The West did no such thing, and broke every single treaty they made with Russia, Angela Merkel addmitted NATO had no intention of honouring the Minsk Agreement, missiles were placed well in range of Russia and he pleaded with the West to desist in these actions. He gave big reductions on grass for Ukraine pensioners, while the West pursued an even more aggressive stance. Russia endured about eight years of Azov brigade persecution of the Russian people who were not allowed their religious practice and bombed and shelled innocent people in the DONBASS region. Then at the time of his Military manoeuvre sparked by sixty thousand Ukraine troops on his border enough was enough. The only thing he asked was that Ukraine did not join NATO again the West made moves to do just that. Given all of this it appears to me that Russia has the moral high ground and the West are trying for all they are worth for a third world war. I think that if NATO try to take Russia then Nuclear weapons will be used to the detriment of all ordinary people on all sides. The sane thing to do would be to make peace. However, since I am pretty much convinced the Globalists are clinically insane and have the mentality of two year olds it does not seem this is on their agenda. Though I hope I am very wrong. Your second paragraph about the money and where has it gone is very interesting I did not know about that.
I used to know the ex GSM from Catterick. He said that the army always got a better deal under Labour but to a man they were pretty much all Tories. Looks like he was right with the first bit.
The military has been underfunded but there has also been a lot of wastage e.g. the billions spent on armoured vehicles that vibrate that much the troops in them were in no fit state to fight that have still not been modified to allow them to come in to service.
The Russian economy is in big trouble. Spend!
Very interesting!
Dear The Times,
The Thatcher/ Major Tory administration reduced the British Armed forces by 104,000 and the last Tory administration, Cameron/May/Johnson/Truss/ Sunak cabal, reduced the British Armed forces by 54,000 personnel.
The Tories were still disbanding regular infantry battalions in 2021 - whilst 'Five Eyes' intelligence was stating that Putin WAS intending a full scale invasion of Ukraine.
I know this for a fact because one of those battalions was MY BATTALION!
For contrast - when Labour took over in 1997 the British Army had 109,000 troops and when they left in 2010 the army STILL had 109,000 troops.
Regardless of what this Right-Wing Rupert says - the Tories caused this crisis in out military.
Yours faithfully,
A former British infantry soldier.
Title was the polar opposite to the content of it. Seems to me Mr de Bretton- Gordon was talking about how we wouldn’t be able to field a fighting force in a European war against Russia. Seems to be an incredibly ‘secret’ way to annihilatie Putin if we can’t even send a servicible armoured division across the fields of Ukraine.
Its starmer the uk wants rid of, not putin.
Right
OK russkie. Just like Putin's mates Johnson, Farridge and Banks did their best to sink the EU and make it easier for Vlad. They don't seem to remember that you can't eat pound notes, and roubles don't taste much better....
I always listen to Hamish Bretton-Gordon because he is truly a supporter of Ukraine and very knowledgeable about military and political affairs.
My goodness after 14 yrs of Tory cuts to the army all of a sudden it’s labour and unions fault that we’re not spending enough on the military 😂😂😂. This fella must be trying to apply for an MP job. Lost me when he went political 😢😢😢
HAMISH - 1:42 YOU CAN TELL HE EATS LOTS OF HAM SANDWICHES 🥪 FOR BREAKFAST, LUNCH, AND DINNER 🤤😂😮
Merry Christmas and happy New year to all the Russians
I agree that the armed forces need a lot more political and financial support in order to rebuild their capabilities, but to expect a government that is in Power for less than a year, to magically solve, what has been a dire neglect for the past decaded, seems ridiculous.
In this case doing the right thing, which is becoming more military is also good for the economy as well as protecting. UK’s way of life!
Brilliant!!!
How is it good for the economy?
What’s the secret?
There is none. Just propaganda.
Dear Billy Bunter, Russia has no interest in attacking Britain.
Britain can't afford a large standing army. The country is running a huge debt to GDP debt. Where does he suggest the money comes from? The economy is in the toilet, and it will get much much worse when the 'efficiencies' of AI take effect in the workplace. Millions will be out of work very soon.
You probably think this is a reasonable comment but it is exactly what a Kremlin troll would say. On the other hand maybe you are a Kremlin troll?
There is plenty of money but sadly it is all going into the pockets of a handful of people and not back into running the country.
Uk can just get the money from trees
@@davidlewis5742 I'm not a K troll, and I agree with him, and so would you, if you actually sat and thought about it.
The UK is the sixth or seventh largest economy on the planet.
Whether you like it or not he is there to stay and our Lord God is there to protect him
Why does he only mention the current govt ?
14 yrs of Tory underfunding was the problem🤔
And labour before them
Oh yeah
The current government is the only government that can and must now take action.
Why does he only mention this government and not the fool who started the problems from 1997 to 2007 can't you remember the Iron Lady who sent ships to the Falklands? We could not send ships to the Isle of Wight today 🧐
Took me 4 months to join the RAF in 1978
I hope you're right. Here in the US, we will be leading from behind.
The draft dodger Donald will see. To that
funny! but not really - egadS
He rekons he is going to chuck out all those invaders ! Ha ! Proof please; we will see if it is just talk. talk !
"Yesterday was great. Tomorrow will be great too. Nothing to see here."
- Europe
All points at the damage done by 14+ years of Tory criminality. Why is the clown talking about Starmers inadequacies?
Has Hamish just woken up from hibernation by any chance? Where was he whilst the last government were cutting the UK Armed Forces by 54,000 personnel?
18 months to join what a joke!!!!
Blame Capita, blame whoever brought that in in 2012.
Capita and wokism were the end of recruiting and retention but no one is willing to say it. The military needs leaders with the strength of will and courage to admit their failings, no one seems willing to put their hand up.
No matter what happens, Trump will take credit. He is the Lord Thomas Stanley of of this mess.
Don't know who Lord Stanley is but Trump has been blamed for all of Biden's mistakes for the last 4 years and Biden took credit for all of Trumps successful programs he enjoyed so why not? NATO including Britain need to quit expecting America to foot the bill and start looking after yourselves more.. We are not your body guards..Especially when you are not paying your own way and supporting us in any way.. .
Lots of love from Africa
What an irresponsible headline by the Times. Especially on Xmas Eve. Don't worry WE know it will not be your sons fighting on the front line if your wish comes true. 👏
Brits are brave and always on the right side of history. Great lads! Lithuanians hope you will rejoin EU, we missed you so much.
I came to the UK in '87. Never in my wildest nightmares did I see the UK being in the 3rd world mess it's in.
The UK is now like Eastern Europe was in the 80s
14 years of Tory rule
The rich have become mega rich and the rest of us count for nothing
A sobering thought. Not quite as bad but heading that way.
@@doubletap-z8c Come on? People have been visited by the police for meaningless comments or thoughts alone. Mainstream news is heavily filtered. Covid proved the UK population is quite prepared to snitch on neighbors for hearsay alone.
Sounds like East Germany to me.
Yes and all thanks to the tories.
The brits couldn't fight their way out of a paper bag. Lets face it 😅
There's another way. Put a tax on imports from hostile states. The idea can be elaborated a lot towards different kinds of states and how to measure some kind of scale.... human rights... lack of a welfare state.... hostile intent.... anyway you measure it, the other side can pay with a tax on their exports
It's already being done.
The other side do not pay the tax. Our importers pay the tax and then pass the additional cost onto our consumers. All you achieve is inflation.
@@benghiskahn3673 OK I was a bit rhetorical. But, taking China as an example, there are other less hostile countries that can supply things, so China would loose a bit of market share to the other countries that don't get the same tariff. Then for expensive branded stuff like iPhones, there's a big margin to absorb higher costs meanwhile. So it's true that a tariff puts up prices and inflation but there are ways-around, and the threat of future increase is an influence over the other side as well. The more countries think about tariffs against China, the more China worries.
A separate rather nerdy detail point....
And in the UK, if we reformed the Commissioners for the Revenue and Customs Act, we might be able to get a government database of who makes what in this country and encourage UK suppliers. I always like a chance to slip-in that pet point.
@@joshua.910 For Russia, yes there are all kinds of sanctions against the gas and oil they export. I think a few fire ships in their export ports might help too. It's odd that when people talk of sanctions they often talk of halting exports (eg military exports to Isreal) or even halting imports, but never taxing imports and raising some money.
Strangely, our government still requires planning permission for things like solar panels that might free-up supplies of gas outside of Russia. Our government must have thought: "we will send weapons, we will impose sanctions, but a change in planning law is a step too far".
@@benghiskahn3673 No. What you achieve is pricing goods from hostile nations out of the UK market.
China for instance chooses a manufacturing sector, then subsidises its domestic manufacturers to significantly undercut the established price of whatever's being made.
Once this has caused all the non Chinese manufacturers to fold, the price goes up significantly & the quality comes down.
This is not UK centric. Stop tearing into the UK. Every European country took the peace dividend of the 90's and invested it elsewhere. Education, Health , Infrastructure etc Sadly, times have changed thanks to Russia and Iran, amongst others. The question now is, how many public services will the British people happily forfeit for the sake of further military spending?
Ukraine could already have taken Putin out but we're denied permission by the US.
100% lie !
This is not totally true, more progress could have been made and will be. Ukraine will not be allowed to fall that is for sure, because if it does it WILL lead to all out war in Europe.
Sure you could. Russian liberation forces will be acropss the Dniepr by March, will hold Kharkov by Easter and will likely hold Odessa and Kiev by this time next year. Your corrupt Banderite-Blackrock-Stonewall-CIA-NATO proxy regime is going down now like the USSA puppet regime in Kabul back in 2021. Blackrock bought up Ukraine at 3c on the dollar, but Larry Fink and George Soros are going to lose their money this time.
With any luck, Russia's victory in Ukraine will prompt a collapse of the rotten EUSSR, a mighty reckoning, colossal regime change in the West and a return of national sovereignty and deomocracy.
What the west fail to understand is that Putin is a dove.When he goes,things will get much tougher for the collective west.
In the battle of Hong Kong, Japan lost 700 soldiers and took 10,000 British POWs.
And 1600 Canadians POWs ...and 300 killed and 400 wounded,
Start spending money you don't have. We Americans are great at doing that to the tune of $36 trillion in debt.
Not all debt is bad. But if debt is concerning to you, stop electing republicans.
@@JCT442 We, didn't spend it overnight and we won't retire it over night either. In the meantime we may need to invest our surplused equipment in the deal of the millennium, Ukraine will defeat Russia if we quit paying to guard and paying for decommissioning it and let them use it. We are saying Russia right, not England or Germany, Russia.
They love tax cuts and billionaires = debt
And it is precisely BECAUSE the USA has the strongest military and commands faith in the stability of its capability to maintain and project it and to protect international trade and its markets and industries that it is able to find unlimited credit.
@@darrencorrigan8505 "Deal of the millennium" Exactly! The RF has just exhausted its reserves of military vehicles, is down to the last few thousand artillery barrels/systems, has run down missile stocks & its airframes/systems are significantly depleted & is in the war economy red zone. 10% of US stocks held in the deserts that stand no chance of use by the USA or of export would tip the balance and severely disrupt Russian interference in areas that ultimately require US defence spending anyway and would provide Ukraine with the means to protect itself (and E Europe collectively) after the war, which also benefits US spending on NATO. Trump says he is master of the deal. If he misses this one history will not be kind to him.
I know it´s silly season but the title - *´The secret to how the UK can annihilate Putin´*
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
It should be 6 weeks.
What I’ve seen on TV the U.K. obesity crisis has reached the armed forces long ago, many be lucky to get up if they fell over, 🙄
I absolutely agree with Mr. de Bretton-Gordon, somebody who deserves the word "expert".
And it is simple mathematics: it is cheaper to spend a very large sum yearly in a short time span (2-3 years) than to spend a middle large sum yearly for 15 or 20 years in military.
If all important states in democratic Europe will do it at the same time, the Russians are simply without any chance to blackmail civilized Europe.
And at the same time: total trade embargo and visa embargo against Russia until they send Putin to prison.
He keeps trying to blame labour and not the tories who created this mess!
And all countries should ban all travel to Russia by their own citizens. That will also cut off a significant portion of Russia's foreign currency earnings. The Russian government and its security services and military are not to be trusted under any circumstances until they prove to everybody's satisfaction that they have reformed their system of government - for obvious reasons. And they must pay reparations to Ukraine for war damage from the war which Russia and Putin started.
@@VanderlyndenJengold I am not so much in British politics to know if this is true - but I have to say that I have the impression that the present British Premier is a qualified person for this job.
@@VanderlyndenJengold You should take an IQ test - what political party in Europe has created this mess?
Who is this excellent presenter for The Times in this broadcast? I enjoyed her questions and how well she listened. Good video.
Rosie Wright, I think
@@quoabell Thank you.
Has Times Radio got anything right in the last 3 years? Or does it just say what it's masters would like to be true? 😂
These guys are bunch of nuisance 😂
In the RAF there is a huge resentment growing. Personnel are being posted to serve on carriers, along with the F35 white elephant. There are many of us who have left or are leaving because if they'd wanted to served in the Navy, that's who they'd have joined up with. If this posting is questioned the reply is, 'It's an order, you obey the order.'
Strangers have been allowed to muck about with the RAF. They dropped the term 'Airman' in favour of Aviator, why, because the term Airman was sexist and Aviator isn't. Someone has pointed out that the word Aviator refers to Men, Aviatrix, refers to women, and it didn't need to change in the first place.
They are in the process of removing the weapons trade and have reduced the trade to that below photographer. All the other trades are now supposed to carry out the weapons trade jobs. Then they have divided the trades into two groups, 'Light' and 'Heavy', then called everyone 'Specialist' after ensuring no one is a 'Specialist'.
As the RAF weapons trade is no longer a technical trade, the Army now carries out the Bomb disposal role, with no real understanding of aerial weapons.
That is why there is very poor morale and low retention in the RAF.
I personally, would not trust Starmer to sit correctly on a lavatory
So why have we not done that yet?
Kremlin trolls seem to be a bit triggered by this 🤔🙄🤦♂️🤦♀️
Saving face...
Loyal to Grandfather
( They HAVE to be !!)
Sure these Times Radio conversations have become stuff of comedy and rather hilarious in their fantastical stupidity😂😂
@@michaelbeglan3685 I see you made a small error in your comment; You put Times Radio when you clearly meant Putin.
@@michaelbeglan3685 These neocon muppet-puppets are in a world of their own....
" Tommy this, and Tommy that," he says, referring to Rudyard Kipling's poem from 1892. It has always been relevant.
The only way to sort this is to stop retiring totally operational ships, tanks and aircraft when we are up against it. Then sort the retention issues and maybe selective national service to get the numbers up.
I agree to some extent but it a bit “catch 22”. You still need people to maintain and operate the equipment. If it is not constantly being looked after it perishes pretty quickly.
@@markturner6755 Happy Christmas to you and yours mate. Point I was making is we just have not got enough of anything to be able to retire what we need?
@@scroggins100 Happy Christmas to you too mate. Fair point and to hear that the Russians have pulled their old T34s out of storage shows that it is better to have the kit. I suppose when you are desperate you will find the mechanics and spares to get it all back into service.
Does everyone understand that the war is not about territory. This is very important in understanding the whole thing
We need to increase spending on security and defence
No we don't. We need to 'increase spending' on a. mass deportations and b. science, (real) education, industry and technology.
100% sir merry Christmas to all
I agree . Canada needs to triple it's defence spending too
With what money? And second canada unlike the United States can't just borrow and borrow money without limits
We need to invest in peace
41 billion (Canada's current military spending) x 3 what you said Canada should spend =123 billion usd. It's not sustainable for Canada. Use your common sense. Why doesn't Kim jong un or putin simply triple their military spending as well?? Maybe because it's just no feasible
@arwik5384 you only get peace through strength
@Saints1892 reminds us who you are again? Some random struggling to pay rent. And no the only reason why there is peace is because the other side is significantly weaker. Look at 🇮🇱, they didn't think twice of their actions in palestine or Lebanon but they were extremely hesitant with Iran, and israel operates on the same principle, peace through strength and look at their situation
#1 revelation from Bretton-Gordon: the lengthy waiting time for those wishing to join the military. I'm sure the politicians will appoint a Commission to look into it!
What the Gov needs - and the Military needs (and we all need) is some straight thinking ... BEFORE spending any money! Please !!!
A lot more money for Defence is essential NOW. There is no time to do a govt study.
This was my comment immediately after Putin's exercise in Ukraine....
"Just watched a film "The Saboteurs”.
The Nazis invaded Norway in 1940.
In the film, one high up official in the Norway regime was having a conversation with the head of a Hydro company and he said this....
"The World wouldn't stop because of an occupation...Or a change of Government"
It struck me, the same could apply to Ukraine...
“The World wouldn't stop”.....That struck a note with me…."
But here we are today. For the Ukrainians... Their World has changed drastically...
Wars are madness led by madmen.
'Taking out Putin'. Shouldn't that be considered hate speech ?
YOU AS WELL
if only we could've benefitted from a government with 14 years to make it right for the armed services...
ffs England can't even annihilate potholes in road
Canadians have the same issue; reports continue to claim how low the recruiting is, at critical levels, but applicants take over a year to be approved and most simply drop out of the process due to frustration. A FULL revamp is needed in the UK, Canada, and anywhere else where this is an issue!
The UK cant fight itself out of a wet paper bag...😂😂😂
I don't think Kier Starmer understands much at all
They need to open Service recruiting offices across the British Isles ! They also need to re-establish Army and Navy Youth teams to encourage local community activities such as Orienteering and Survival Activities. That is how I joined in 1965 !
This bloke is one absolute war monger in W anchor
'Real-terms defence spending fell by 22% between 2009/10 and 2016/17 (from £57.1 billion to £44.6 billion in 2023/24 prices)'
Now - remind me again which party was in government during that period?
Source - House of Commons Library.
Peace no more wars
The favourite targets of the belligerent are those whom they perceive to be weak and unable to protect themselves. Hence the mantras "if you want peace, prepare for war" and "peace through strength". We (the UK and EU) seem to have forgotten this wisdom and is exactly why we find ourselves in the situation we are in today.
I agree but humanity has proved on countless occasions that peace just isn't possible.
OK Einstein, thanks for the advice.
Give some of your land or house to the Russians to make them happy and peaceful people .
Tell that to warmonger Putin.
Meanwhile:
_Si vis pacem, para bellum_
So if Putin is taken out, who will replace him?
What must be said is that Hamish de Bretton-Gordon should have his words listened to by all and everyone in Great Britain and especially at 10 Downing Street. Here is a person who believes in his country and sees the gaping holes in the security of the UK and who is pleading to the Prime Minister to understand that a great war is coming and that the UK is unprepared and ill-equipped and everything including young people wanting to enlist in the military is skewed to do the exact opposite. Let me take this moment to thank the TIMES RADIO team and wonderful support staff who work endless hours to get quality interviews out to your public and for those of us across the world, and to wish you all a Happy Christmas. I will leave you with the moment I knew Great Britain was a superpower in all but global recognition. One day, early in the war of Ukraine where Russia had invaded and was sending missiles into Ukraine and especially to Kiev, the Capital, where a desperate young man called Zelensky was President and in dire need of help, your former Prime Minister, the politically embattled and heavily criticized, Boris Johnson, fearlessly scorned Putin's threats and went to visit President Zelensky in Kiev and pledge unending and unwavering military and humanitarian and economic aid to Ukraine. I will never forget that after Johnson's declaration, Zelensky and Johnson decided to take a stroll on a Kiev high street to show Putin that Britain was in for the long run and not afraid to say it. While walking together, suddenly a meek and humble shopkeeper poked his head out of the slightly open door of his shop and said something to Prime Minister Johnson. Of course, not understanding the man, Johnson leaned over as they paused for a moment and asked President Zelensky what did the man say? Zelensky smiled for the first time since Johnson's visit, and he spoke. "He says thank you for helping us." You can say what you want, but those words traveled across Ukraine and gave 44 million people the will to fight on. You only need one friend in life it has been said, and you know you are going to win when The United Kingdom has your back.
But the plum wants to blame Labour for this position..His comments have zero credability.......
So what rules allow the export of weapons to a country executing a genocide then ?
Salami Ukraine 🇺🇦
..don't give up your day job
@@JimTimber It's Des Smithovych, the Class of 2022 Kremlin 🤡
In 1980 when I joined it took me 3 months, the army at that time was north of 200,000 soldiers. The cold war was in full swing and we considered ourselves a bit light on the battlefield if we had to meet those b'stards. God help us now guys, we do not have anywhere near enough.
You and this newspaper have not said anything about getting rid of Putin, like your title says.
British Defence? Forget expensive tanks, Produce drones, drones and more drones as cheaply as possible. Ask the Ukrainians
what is required they'll tell you.
I have read that UK Army/Navy/Air Force recruitment has been devolved to an independent commercial company, and that ever since this happened, recruitment has tailed off, largely, as HdBG says, because the process is so stupidly slow. Wouldn't this problem be relatively easy to fix?
These headlines get more ridiculous by the hour 😂😂😂
And Hamish's head gets ever more red by the hour.
The UK is nicest aircraft carrier the US has.
A bit of a misleading headline - click bait!
UK... dont poke the bear, you are far from ready to fight it.
If every country west of Russia, grow a pair and get together they can get it done.
That could be over already...
This is not a useless wish like Trump.
This the only langage these autoritarian regime understand.
What are soldiers doing in the army if they can't fight? Cheerleading from the sides?
WE HAVE GIRLS FIGHTING FOR US NOW JUST LOOK AT THE MOD ADDS🤣🤣🤣🤣