Britain’s submarine deal with Australia is massive post-Brexit boost and could secure billions
BRITAIN’S historic submarine deal with Australia is a massive post-Brexit boost.
The agreement in principle to sell Oz a nuclear-powered sub hits the target politically and economically.
If constructed here, the project could guarantee thousands of jobs and secure billions of pounds.
But it will also help us to stand alongside America and Australia against an increasingly aggressive China
The alliance between the UK, the US and Australia, dramatically announced in 2021, would have been far more complicated before we quit Brussels.
The tie-up left Emmanuel Macron fuming after the Aussies ditched a deal for inferior submarines from France.
But the petulant French president could no longer attempt to block the involvement of the UK once it was outside the EU.
Crucially, the pact also torpedoed Remainer jibes that Brexit would destroy Britain’s leading role in the world.
In reality it has hugely bolstered our status in the vital Asia-Pacific region.
Let’s get this deal rubber-stamped then start rolling out a few more.
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Nic's migrant shame
NICOLA STURGEON’s hypocrisy knows no bounds.
The SNP leader has slammed the Government’s Rwanda scheme to process asylum claims abroad.
But at the same time she appears remarkably unwilling to take them north of the border.
Official figures show that in March 2022 just 61 asylum seekers were housed in Scottish “dispersed accommodation” outside of Glasgow.
That is a tiny number when in the same month 53,000 needed accommodation under the scheme.
No wonder the Home Office is furious.
Officials should force Sturgeon to take a fair share immediately.
A V-sign of respect
DEFENCE Secretary Ben Wallace compares Volodymyr Zelensky to Winston Churchill for his resolve in the face of tyranny.
And the Ukrainian President’s amazing speech to Parliament last week showed what a touchstone Britain’s wartime leader remains.
We should remember that the next time Left-wing knuckleheads attack Churchill’s statue and Labour’s John McDonnell calls him a villain.
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Sir Winston was a giant who still stands for freedom everywhere.
Why is it only the Left in Britain who can’t grasp what the rest of the world cherishes?