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it is time to reinvest money in to flailing industries?
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ALAMO-INDUSTRIAL.COM £100 billion would buy loads of these.
Invade Scotsland.
'Mon then!
£100 Bn wouldn't even make a dent in our defensive capabilities.
I'd estimate you'd abandon hope after two nights in August.
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The problems of our ageing nuclear power generation plants were identified during the last century
In the 2002 energy review the Labour government were advised to maintain our nuclear industry skills-base
In 2003 they had no specific plans to build plants and so maintain those skills. They finally started to look at designs around 2008...
...I don't know if this is repeated in other industries, but if governments acted early then some of this heartache might be avoided
Spend it on tidal turbine development.. Tide is guaranteed to come in and out twice a day, everyday. Surely harnassing that energy somewhere like the Bristol channel where there is a massive tidal range would be possible.. Also more tax breaks and subsidies for other renewable energy projects. Tax reductions for cyclists. Free sausage rolls / pork pies, coffee for those that ride to work and a case of beer on Friday if you manage the whole week..
I'd sort my house out.
Develop nuclear fusion technology and make Britain the world leader designing and building them
That and huge investment in social services, education and NHS
On the basis that the £100bn trident cost is projected cost over 40 years and we spend about £150bn on the NHS every single year and its rising (and roughly the same again on welfare and again on Pensions), I don't think the Trident budget is enough to move the needle on the NHS or any other sector of public expenditure. £100bn over 40 years is far from a huge investment in terms of a nations budget. So on that basis we might as well be frivolous with it. Hoverboard development...why not! Or it might be just enough to fix a few pot holes on our roads every year.
I've just had an idea...
I'd make a brand new fleet of classic 'Cold War' jets - Vulcans, Lightnings, etc.
They'd look identical from the outside, but underneath the skin, they'd have modern avionics and engines so that they can be kept running for decades to come.
I'd buy New Zealand and rename it England. That way we might be better at rugby!!
Spose I could just buy the RFU, sack them all and get some one else to run it....
Tax reductions for cyclists. Free sausage rolls / pork pies, coffee for those that ride to work and a case of beer on Friday if you manage the whole week..
How would you get the case of beer home on your bike?
[img]How would you get the case of beer home on your bike?
you have no cargo bike, we have found your n+1How would you get the case of beer home on your bike?
time travel to the past is never linear, the act of going back would land you in an alternate reality because you've already broken the linear continuum you came from - BttF 2 is more accurate about marty going back to 1964 with the sports results and it creating a violent schism (in the first one he's in an alternate reality but it's not obvious on the surface, until he goes forward to the alternative present)
I am in favour of Trident but if the money wasn't spend on replacing it I would spend it all on rebuilding the numbers in the armed forces and buying a lot more conventional weaponry
I would spend it all on independent studies and focus groups to work out what to spend it on.
If they could take about 10 years to do it and still not come up with a result, that would be optimal.
How would you get the case of beer home on your bike?
One or two in your bottle cages and the rest stored safely in your digestive system.. People don't actually work on Friday afternoon anyhow.....
Purchase all 282 Munros, and their associated subsidiary tops, in Scotland and have them systematically quarried with explosives to no bigger than 2999 feet.
Rebuild Hadrians Wall - but taller....like Game of Thrones taller.
To repel invading, envious, Munro exploders from the southern flat lands on their "Slightly Raised Mound" Bikes. 😀
1/3rd on some pretend subs to keep the badies guessing.
1/3rd on a bridge to france cos I don't like tunnels.
1/3rd on a new concorde because its about time we did something interesting.
"Slightly Raised Mound" Bikes.
They are called Countryside Bicycles.
I'd buy enough jelly mix, custard, sponge cake and strawberrys to turn lake Windermere into a trifle..
About as much use as Trident, but trifle....
Good plan, anyone that invaded us would be sure to get their just desserts.
Power generation. But apparently we can't afford to build that, we can only afford nuclear submarines costing more, so we have to slash renewables funding and get the chinese to build us nuclear reactors.
get a rocket and colonise the moon before the rest. It would be the first new addition to the commonwealth 🙂
I would keep trident but use it as a revenue generator like from the Blofeld book of nuke ownership.
"Nigeria, give us £20bn or we nuke you".
Then buy everyone sausage rolls. Probably.
/strokes pussy contemplatively/
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