Recent content by IKnowNothing

That's a hell of line

They might. And the red tories might abandon as well. The coalition will likely fail at some point. If it doesn't, that's bad because it's because it means the electorate sees no real alternatives, so the governing party face next to zero accountability If it does, it's quite likely bad...

Given that the individual overtures are happening behind closed doors, who's to say a collective/grand one didn't also? Takes two to tango

I'm pretty sure that a couple years back you and I both lamented that the heavyweights under JT and PP were racing to the flanks, leaving the centre open for someone to take it. That's come true. It feels like we're at an inflection point, especially with the NDP going with a Singh 2.0 with...

Perhaps I was reading too much into the specifics of the post, or my underlying premise is wrong. Premise: the self defense (local air) capabilities of the CPF are at present the table stakes to not be a liability in a conventional peer setting - slightly better than neutral, the real value...

Aitchison is one I could see. Similar to Gladu he's got a rep for both wanting and being able to work across the aisle, even campaigned for the CPC leadership focusing on tone and dialing down divisive partisan politics His housing platform (currently Shadow minister) from that campaign looks...

Actually, I told you to look at the all of the myriad of criticisms and alternatives that were brought forward before and during the loss.

Start with all of the things that we pointed out back then and got shouted down.

Oceania has always been at war with East Asia

Lol it would seem I was wrong about Shadow Ministers being safe and dismissing the discontent around that email. In Sarnia Lambton the CPC vote has been more than the sum of LPC and NDP in every election but one (2015) since 2006. This switch likely ends her career with the end of the current...

Thanks- the bolded is more or less what I was getting at, just with a focus at home. I was under no impression that the Papanin's are "concerning" militarily- just figured that floating target with missiles trumps floating target without, and the trump to that is something that isn't a...

@Underway - am I off base with the thought that these are more about not being outgunned by the likes of Ivan Papanin's and Icebreakers/Research Vessels/ Freighters with spicy seacans on board rather than something expected to join a TG for conventional peer conflict?

Also Rule of 5ing 20 CDC's and Rule of 4ing 12 CPS's... 3 Subs and 4 CDC's at sea at all times with 4 more CDC's available to surge... Someone is taking the future threat to our martime and arctic sovereignty very seriously- concerning so

@Underway . Would it be fair to say that going into the 2030's, that despite the CP*F* comparison, the armament / suite as you listed it is less so " almost frigate level combatant" and moreso "slightly more than minimum for a credible and survivable naval representation", and that these are...

I think it's fair to say that Mark Carney is objectively less skilled at the tactical/daily execution of political communication than Poilievre or Trudeau.