I didn't think people in the UK gave a second thought to the prospect of war, though recent surveys suggest increasing numbers of them do. Two developments over the weekend worth droning on about: first, the speed record for quads that is bouncing between individuals in Australia, Switzerland and South Africa was just broken again and second, the UK begins to manufacture the above drones on British soil because the factories in Ukraine ~ and I don't want to worry you unduly here ~ are a natural target for daily dive-bombing by Iranian-designed one-way drones.
What is interesting from my own point of view is whether egg preceded chicken viz. did record-breaking quads copy what was done in Ukraine, or did the latter (and the South Koreans, as per prior post) copy what seems to be the best possible design?
This last month though was the anniversary of the UK's '100-Year Partnership' that is a part of the £4.5 billion pledged already, which includes manufacturing munitions here... and these are munitions and not something estate agents use on mansions.
Among the things to ponder are whether '100-year' agreements are not as silly as the '1000-year' regimes that generally die in less than 10; whether calling the war 'illegal' matters in view of the fact 'legality' is merely an extension of power by other means; and whether the people of Britain have a say* in whether they want to join WW3? Can't we just watch highlights on catch-up, like Strictly Come Dancing?
* No, in a nutshell. We in Britain love doing stuff on the cheap and contracting other people to do the dying is economically and politically preferable. It's what Kipling called the 'great game' and while Kipling is out of favour, war is apparently not.
