UK ‘must prepare for a wartime scenario on British soil’
https://www.lbc.co.uk/politics/uk-politics/uk-must-prepare-for-a-wartime-scenario-on-british-soil/
by tylerthe-theatre
UK ‘must prepare for a wartime scenario on British soil’
https://www.lbc.co.uk/politics/uk-politics/uk-must-prepare-for-a-wartime-scenario-on-british-soil/
by tylerthe-theatre
45 comments
> Who do you think you are kidding Mr. Putin,
> If you think we’re on the run?
> We are the boys who will stop your little game.
> We are the boys who will make you think again.
Who with?
China isn’t invading us, plenty of folk to chew through before we even appear on the horizon.
Russia is no longer a serious threat as far as steamroll of Europe and a landing of troops in blighty.
Who seriously considers Iran to be a threat of invasion?
So, Ireland and France (the old enemy)???
I suspect even Farage will have a hard time selling that.
Terrorist and cyber are realistic attacks vectors, and given the shape of the world, it’s just as likely to be the USA throwing cyber our way.
Being prepared is just common sense. Doesn’t mean that anything is likely to happen.
It’s right that the government prepare for nightmare scenarios but I feel like the idea that Iran would be able to do anything to attack Britain in Britain in any meaningful way outside of terror attacks is nigh impossible. It feels like a bit of a sensationalised headline dressing up pragmatic crisis planning as a much more likely eventuality than it actually is.
No one is going to war for Israel or Ukraine. The people pushing for war need to get their children and grandchildren to volunteer first?
Correct me if I’m wrong but is this not total bullshit? Unless they mean something rather abstract and modern by “war”? Which country could possibly be considering attacking “British soil” (and by extension, NATO) either by long range missile or by land invasion? It would be suicide for Russia to even attempt it (also why would they even want to), and every other potential adversary doesn’t have the means to even try.
Unconventional warfare i.e. cyberattacks, energy supply, “terrorist” style attacks within our borders, assassinations etc – that’s a different story. I agree we are at a severe risk from these types of threats. But describing these as a “wartime scenario on British soil”, which immediately summons images of WWII, is incredibly disingenuous. I think this is political posturing from a government desperate to sound “hard” in an attempt to win back the voters who have moved to Reform. If instead of focusing on that, they focused on increasing their core support and *actually behaving like* a “left wing” party… they might start to get somewhere.
We need to invest in the navy to keep the shipping lanes open, that’s our biggest threat.
Where exactly does the “quote” in the headline come from? I think they’ve made it up by putting adding in the words “British soil“.
The minister was warning about the “UK homeland coming under direct threat” which means sabotage, naval and air incursions and I guess the possibility of missiles and drones from Russia.
But that’s a million miles away from “a wartime scenario on British soil” which suggests boots on the ground. The Nazis couldn’t get naval or air superiority to launch an invasion, it’s not credible to think the Russians would manage it.
TL:DR misleading headline.
Utter rubbish. Nobody is invading an island nation with access to nuclear weapons.
Nothing like a bit of hysteria to drum up some clicks. Nothing to see here, carry on.
The only realistic scenarios for an attack on British soil are 1)terrorist or 2) long range missile. No army is going to be landing on the beaches or parachuting in.
Is this referring to the coming civil war with Islam? Cos i think that’s a little bit premature, I thought they’d wait a bit yet.. what was the percentage of population before they did it in Lebanon?
Absolute sensationalist bollocks.
From the headline, you’d think we were expecting the Russians to be sailing up the Thames and marching through London.
What they’re butchering that headline from is “we have to actively prepare for the possibility of the UK homeland coming under direct threat, potentially in a wartime scenario.” This could mean ANYTHING – disrupted supply lines, cyber attacks, anything at all. Nowhere does it actually say there’ll be soldiers marching down the streets.
I’ll wait till the VIP soldier queue has been filled with the upper classes … then I’ll think about if my working class bum wants to join in
Nah, VIP lanes / queues probably won’t happen this time, will they?
This is the biggest bullshit since ******* (don’t want to get banned from reddit).
UK is in a good position, if a war ever gets this far it’s game over for the world anyway.
Are we getting geared up to meet them on the beaches?
No worries. Beer stocking and good movies on the way.
Outside of Ukraine everything going on falls under the category of rich and a bit racist folk swinging their dicks about. Not to mention epsteins pals trying to keeping us looking in the other direction.
Let them fight it out amongst themselves.
All the things I mentioned would be on British soil. They would all be against assets/infrastructure in our country.
No, we must not. Unless Elon Musk was right and they mean a civil war or they are talking about nuclear war. Not much to prepare for in case of the latter though, most people are going to die no matter what.
Give me a house I can afford, a decent pension and salary and I might get out of bed to see what war you’re on about. Until then, the flat roof pub military unit can take care of things.
We have plenty of young hard man running about with full black outfits on.
These aspiring footballers have been training for this.
We wouldn’t have to prepare for wartime scenario if we didn’t get involved in destabilising other countries. Why can’t we just focus on ourselves and our own problems
We aint getting invaded. War starts, and we get nuked. One drop in london country is fucked
An attack on British soil would almost certainly trigger a serious response from the USA and probably the rest of NATO. It’d be suicide for whatever country tried it
Ah yes, an island nation with a very capable air force and navy has to worry about invasions..
I had no idea Iran and Russia had the ability to land on British soil.
What are we going to do, “dig for victory” and refurbish the old WW2 pillboxes? Complete bollocks
I’m okay, too old for conscription, so I’ll join the Home Guard instead…. “don’t panic”
Or, we could just mind our own business and reign in our interventions that put us more at risk than anything direct from any nation.
Nobody is going to invade the UK lol, that’s not how it works anymore. A bomb sent over yes but not actual people trying to invade us.
it’s harder to conquer UK than russia.
Which hitler and mussolini failed to do succesfuly.
Being prepared presumably means making sure we can’t make any steel, or produce any energy, or grow any food right?
You can fuck right off with war talk just fix the bloody roads and the nhs do something right for once
oh fun, is this what we’re meant to be scared of for the foreseeable future?
Because bought politicians have backed ideal over committing genocide?
Hopefully for a civil war. It’s the only way to save the u.k.
By the time the UK would be invaded by whomever the fuck, nuclear warfare would most likely have taken place. There’s not a chance the UK allies nor ourselves would let any army step foot on our soil imo
Oh fuck off. Tell me which country or organisation is going to carry out beach landings/Air drops in the UK?
Fuck off, I’m not interested, let the yanks and the middle east swing their dicks at each other.
This is all just Pre emotive bullshit to get war in peoples heads to try and stop backlash when they decide to invade some more sandy caves over nothing.
The world is being remade according to the whims and desires of the billionaire class.
They are the new Kings
Ordinary folk are here merely to serve.
Plenty sleeper cells all over the UK without question. We must live in permanent gaslight world when the government who imported them advises us they need to prepare for the crisis they created
Fuck off with this shit. Stop trying to manufacture consent for a fucking war. Until you’re ready to tell us precisely who will invade, the reasons why both claimed and actual, *and that it is imminent*, the only people who should be preparing for a wartime scenario on British soil are the armed forces, the intelligence services, the reservists, civil servants in other relevant departments, and a small number of other professions who will be involved in the management of said conflict.
Never. Again. Means. Never. Again.
Who would invade us, exactly? We’re a small island with a failing economy that lost most of our political relevance and we spend most of our time drinking and whinging. In what way would an invasion be worth it?
Isn’t that what nukes are for? Land troops on UK shores get nuked.
And who exactly is going to march through all of Europe to land in the UK? Those guys on day 1216 of their 3 day special military operation?
If I may offer this comforting crumb… the UK has few natural resources and can’t even feed itself. In the event of war our most productive members would simply fuck off abroad. What then would an invasion achieve?
The UK is a dangerous beast though with ideas well above their station. Any country would be unwise to invade but would probably try to subdue us in other ways – either by levelling a city to prove a point (oh please don’t let them bomb Birmingham) or by stopping all shipping to the country and severing our cables, leaving us to quickly turn on ourselves before starving. Boots on ground in the UK is ridiculous. Unless we’re talking civil war rather than enemy state
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