From Racedo
RR was pee'd off at Maggie flogging everything when he was pushing his 500 ship navy concept
Hell, what's a hundred ships among friends.
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Say Jacko, once in your life time, hmm. Using whatever cost to benefit analysis tickles your fancy, how many times would you need to use them to put them on the ledger as an asset?
Wonder how many times a situation has been avoided because they were there. Kinda hard to factor that into an argument centered around finances rather than a macro view of the UK's strategic responsibilities.