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Line 403: − + − + − The United Kingdom is a founding member of the [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization]] (NATO) and historically it has been one of NATO's major European maritime, air, and land powers. However, in February 2023, after a United States general warned that the British army was no longer a top-level fighting force, Louise Jones who is head of intelligence at McKenzie Intelligence Service, indicated that the British military is no longer a tier 1 military due to its underfunding relative to the investments that other comparable countries have made to their militaries and that the UK would be flattering itself if it thinks it has a tier 2 military.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bUbwkSklhM In full: Is the army fighting fit?]</ref> − − The Tasmin News Agency reported on January 08, 2023: − {{Cquote|About 40,000 of the UK military’s 145,000 personnel have been officially classified as dangerously overweight or obese over the past five years, according to Ministry of Defense (MoD) statistics as cited by a British media outlet. − The statistics also revealed that 5,200 obese or overweight British servicemen have been medically discharged since 2010, with scores of soldiers suffering from Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease, Sputnik reported. − − The heaviest soldier, who was sacked from the army after failing mandatory fitness tests, weighed more than 420 pounds (over 190 kg). − − Over 850 troops have reportedly been prescribed diet pills since 2014, while 60 others have had liposuction surgery to tackle the problem. − − This came as a MoD spokesperson claimed that “personnel can have multiple causes listed in a medical discharge, so may not have been discharged specifically for weight related issues.”<ref>[https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2023/01/08/2833750/uk-military-hit-by-dangerously-overweight-soldiers-related-problems-report UK Military Hit by ‘Dangerously’ Overweight Soldiers-Related Problems: Report], Tasmin News Agency, January, 08, 2023</ref>}} − − The United Kingdom was a member of the European Community (now European Union) from 1973 to 2020. In the United Nations, the United Kingdom is a permanent member of the Security Council. The U.K. held the Presidency of the G-8 during 2005; it held the EU Presidency from July to December 2005. − [[File:Royal Naval college UK.jpg|thumb|right|380px|Royal Naval College.]] − The British Armed Forces are charged with protecting the United Kingdom and its overseas territories, promoting Britain's wider security interests, and supporting international peacekeeping efforts. The 37,000-member Royal Navy, which includes 6,000 Royal Marine commandos, is in charge of the United Kingdom's independent strategic nuclear arm, which consists of four Trident missile submarines. The British Army, consisting of approximately 99,200 personnel, the Royal Air Force, with 42,000 personnel, along with the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, are active and regular participants in NATO and other coalition operations. Approximately 9% of the British Armed Forces is female, and 4% of British forces represent ethnic minorities. − − In May 2021 the UK announced a plan to slash 9,500 soldiers from the British Army from 82,000 to just 72,500.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-56477900</ref> On June 28, 2022 Chief of General Staff General Patrick Sanders said at a RUSI conference: “The war in Ukraine reminds us of the utility of Land Power: it takes an army to hold and regain territory and defend the people. It takes an Army to deter. If this battle came, we would likely be outnumbered at the point of attack and fighting like hell […] You can’t cyber your way across a river. No single platform, capability, or tactic will unlock the problem.” − − An email sent from [[Hunter Biden]] to his business partner [[Devon Archer]] on April 13, 2014 contained information from a classified [[U.S. State Department]] memo one week before Joe Biden visited Ukraine to meet prime minister [[Arseniy Yatsenyuk]]. The email predicted an escalation of Russia’s “destabilization campaign, which could lead to a full scale takeover of the eastern region, most critically [[Donetsk]]": − {{quotebox-float|“The strategic value is to create a land bridge for [[Russia|RU]] to [[Crimea]]. That won’t directly affect [[Burisma]] holdings but it will limit future [[UK]] exploration and utilization of offshore opportunities in particular. − − It will also result in further destabilization of UK nationally and for whatever govt is in power. And the US will respond with even stronger sanctions. Those sanctions will threaten the tenuous support of the [[EU]] which does not have the political will to incur steep energy price increases.”<ref>https://nypost.com/2023/01/22/theres-no-hiding-bidens-fright-over-classified-document-scandal/</ref> }} Line 597:
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In 2021, the British newspaper ''The Times'' noted that "Britain has most gay parliament in the world".<ref>[https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/britain-has-most-gay-parliament-in-the-world-use-it-as-force-for-good-0wcgczznk Britain has most gay parliament in the world — use it as force for good] by Crispin Blunt, The Times, May 18 2021</ref>
In 2021, the British newspaper ''The Times'' noted that "Britain has most gay parliament in the world".<ref>[https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/britain-has-most-gay-parliament-in-the-world-use-it-as-force-for-good-0wcgczznk Britain has most gay parliament in the world — use it as force for good] by Crispin Blunt, The Times, May 18 2021</ref>
==Foreign relations and military==
==Military==
===Readiness===
===NATO war in Ukraine===
===NATO war in Ukraine===
Each side blamed the other for mistakes or miscalculations. U.S. military officials concluded that Ukraine had fallen short in basic military tactics, including the use of ground reconnaissance to understand the density of minefields. Ukrainian officials said the Americans didn’t seem to comprehend how attack drones and other [[technology]] had transformed the battlefield.}}
Each side blamed the other for mistakes or miscalculations. U.S. military officials concluded that Ukraine had fallen short in basic military tactics, including the use of ground reconnaissance to understand the density of minefields. Ukrainian officials said the Americans didn’t seem to comprehend how attack drones and other [[technology]] had transformed the battlefield.}}
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==Foreign relations==
The United Kingdom is a founding member of the [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization]] (NATO) and historically it has been one of NATO's major European maritime, air, and land powers. However, in February 2023, after a United States general warned that the British army was no longer a top-level fighting force, Louise Jones who is head of intelligence at McKenzie Intelligence Service, indicated that the British military is no longer a tier 1 military due to its underfunding relative to the investments that other comparable countries have made to their militaries and that the UK would be flattering itself if it thinks it has a tier 2 military.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bUbwkSklhM In full: Is the army fighting fit?]</ref>
The Tasmin News Agency reported on January 08, 2023:
{{Cquote|About 40,000 of the UK military’s 145,000 personnel have been officially classified as dangerously overweight or obese over the past five years, according to Ministry of Defense (MoD) statistics as cited by a British media outlet.
The statistics also revealed that 5,200 obese or overweight British servicemen have been medically discharged since 2010, with scores of soldiers suffering from Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease, Sputnik reported.
The heaviest soldier, who was sacked from the army after failing mandatory fitness tests, weighed more than 420 pounds (over 190 kg).
Over 850 troops have reportedly been prescribed diet pills since 2014, while 60 others have had liposuction surgery to tackle the problem.
This came as a MoD spokesperson claimed that “personnel can have multiple causes listed in a medical discharge, so may not have been discharged specifically for weight related issues.”<ref>[https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2023/01/08/2833750/uk-military-hit-by-dangerously-overweight-soldiers-related-problems-report UK Military Hit by ‘Dangerously’ Overweight Soldiers-Related Problems: Report], Tasmin News Agency, January, 08, 2023</ref>}}
The United Kingdom was a member of the European Community (now European Union) from 1973 to 2020. In the United Nations, the United Kingdom is a permanent member of the Security Council. The U.K. held the Presidency of the G-8 during 2005; it held the EU Presidency from July to December 2005.
[[File:Royal Naval college UK.jpg|thumb|right|380px|Royal Naval College.]]
The British Armed Forces are charged with protecting the United Kingdom and its overseas territories, promoting Britain's wider security interests, and supporting international peacekeeping efforts. The 37,000-member Royal Navy, which includes 6,000 Royal Marine commandos, is in charge of the United Kingdom's independent strategic nuclear arm, which consists of four Trident missile submarines. The British Army, consisting of approximately 99,200 personnel, the Royal Air Force, with 42,000 personnel, along with the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, are active and regular participants in NATO and other coalition operations. Approximately 9% of the British Armed Forces is female, and 4% of British forces represent ethnic minorities.
In May 2021 the UK announced a plan to slash 9,500 soldiers from the British Army from 82,000 to just 72,500.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-56477900</ref> On June 28, 2022 Chief of General Staff General Patrick Sanders said at a RUSI conference: “The war in Ukraine reminds us of the utility of Land Power: it takes an army to hold and regain territory and defend the people. It takes an Army to deter. If this battle came, we would likely be outnumbered at the point of attack and fighting like hell […] You can’t cyber your way across a river. No single platform, capability, or tactic will unlock the problem.”
An email sent from [[Hunter Biden]] to his business partner [[Devon Archer]] on April 13, 2014 contained information from a classified [[U.S. State Department]] memo one week before Joe Biden visited Ukraine to meet prime minister [[Arseniy Yatsenyuk]]. The email predicted an escalation of Russia’s “destabilization campaign, which could lead to a full scale takeover of the eastern region, most critically [[Donetsk]]":
{{quotebox-float|“The strategic value is to create a land bridge for [[Russia|RU]] to [[Crimea]]. That won’t directly affect [[Burisma]] holdings but it will limit future [[UK]] exploration and utilization of offshore opportunities in particular.
It will also result in further destabilization of UK nationally and for whatever govt is in power. And the US will respond with even stronger sanctions. Those sanctions will threaten the tenuous support of the [[EU]] which does not have the political will to incur steep energy price increases.”<ref>https://nypost.com/2023/01/22/theres-no-hiding-bidens-fright-over-classified-document-scandal/</ref> }}
===Pakistan===
===Pakistan===