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Our Armed Forces Support Brexit!

Wed May 11, 2016 10:56 pm

Hardly surprising really.

Years of cuts and morale is the lowest its been since Dunkirk during WW2!

All the lads I know who are ex-military - are all for Brexit!

Re: Our Armed Forces Support Brexit!

Thu May 12, 2016 1:00 pm

Gaz777 wrote:Hardly surprising really.

Years of cuts and morale is the lowest its been since Dunkirk during WW2!

All the lads I know who are ex-military - are all for Brexit!



So it is not our armed forces who support Brexit then. It is people you know who USED to be in the military. i.e. they have exited themselves. The official line of the senior people still in all branches of the armed forces is that they wish to remain in the EU.

I am not saying that either opinion is right or wrong , just pointing out that your heading is very misleading

Re: Our Armed Forces Support Brexit!

Thu May 12, 2016 3:34 pm

I don't know about the majority of our armed forces but certainly all of my ex-Navy friends, workmates and people who I engage in decent conversation with are nearly all for BREXIT.

I have nothing against Europe and it's citizens but they will never understand why the Great British people feel let down by the erosion of our Sovereignty over our own future along with faceless beaurocrates in Brussels and Strasbourg making decisions that quite frankly defy belief?

Decimated our fishing fleet !!
Making us give the vote to Prisoners !!
Making Cucumbers a certain length and straightness !!
Forcing peanut Factories to label "may contain Nuts"!!
Uncontrolled unskilled immigration from any country in Europe when we need skilled people from all over the world !!
Kipper producers having to label "may contain Fish" !!
AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.

Being a right leaning Conservative type, I listened to David Cameron's speech yesterday with interest. What a load of hyped up baloney.

Short memories, saying Europe has stood together stronger after WW2 - was he around in 1982 when I was sitting on a ship in San Carlos Water, Falkland Islands, shitting myself, sleeping in the mess room with lifejackets on while our great European neighbors and Allies FRANCE were actively selling Excorcet missiles to the Argentinians and It took British secret service agents to go to France disguised as Argentinian Agents to purchase their whole stock of Excorcet's to keep them out of their hands as we knew it was a superior missile to our's.

No, I'm afraid as far as European security is concerned only NATO has kept the peace and that has been a bit dodgy at times.

This vote will be a once in a lifetime, not Generation, chance to Control our own destiny for the future generations of Britons.

Proud to be Welsh - Proud to be British :thumbup:

Re: Our Armed Forces Support Brexit!

Thu May 12, 2016 5:11 pm

ccfcsince62 wrote:
Gaz777 wrote:Hardly surprising really.

Years of cuts and morale is the lowest its been since Dunkirk during WW2!

All the lads I know who are ex-military - are all for Brexit!



So it is not our armed forces who support Brexit then. It is people you know who USED to be in the military. i.e. they have exited themselves. The official line of the senior people still in all branches of the armed forces is that they wish to remain in the EU.

I am not saying that either opinion is right or wrong , just pointing out that your heading is very misleading


Two serving soldiers visit their families in my street. One is a Lt Colonel and the other an NCO, I know them both and both are for Brexit. They've told me their opinions are the general opinion of the rank and file in the Army. Trust me it won't be no different across the whole armed forces.

Ask the vast majority of ex-serving members and you'll get the same - Brexit! My Brother is an ex-para, all his old mates-Brexit!