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> Thatcher eliminated all this feather bedding and the UK was better for it. You might want to catch up on the last few decades of UK history. To say it's unra
by alangibson 3y ago
> Thatcher eliminated all this feather bedding and the UK was better for it.
You might want to catch up on the last few decades of UK history. To say it's unraveling would be generous. The once mighty British navy can hardly even build working ships anymore.
- netsharc 3y agoThey actually wired a navy ship to go backwards when forwards was ordered.. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/21/royal-navy-warships-crashed-into-each-other-due-to-faulty-rewiring-say-sources https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/21/royal-navy-w...
- HPsquared 3y agoAh, the Ship of State
- heavyset_go 3y agoThere was a BBC special on the Titan submarine before it imploded, and on one of the dives with the camera crew, it got stuck going in circles on the sea floor because the direction buttons on the gamepad used to steer it were incorrectly mapped.
- netsharc 3y agoWell, the Titan was a janky operation, this is the British Navy, it ruled the seas once!
- heavyset_go 3y agoI know, that's why I think it's funny that they both failed in extremely similar ways.
- philk10 3y agoMight also want to read up on the Post Office, Horizon and Fujitsu...
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- HeckFeck 3y agoWe have a very progressive shipbuilding industry. They are overturning the timeless tradition that the honour of sinking ships should belong only to the enemy.