After the Battle of Britain, Churchill said of Fighter Command's pilots "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." Now the RAF owes their successors justice.
"the white men he wants to recruit don’t want to join anymore - because the MoD and rogue officers like Wigston, Byford and Dole have actively worked to make them feel unwelcome."
These very same white men, discriminated against when wishing to join the RAF, are now less likely than ever to want to join up, just a few weeks ago they were 'far right thugs,' when upset about the murder of little girls. I hope they remember this when the next recruitment drive comes along, especially now that the elitists in Westminster and Whitehall, the centres of power for the 'diversity,' crowd, are increasingly worried about Iran and Putin. These same white men are not even allowed to wave their national flag at a football match! You should never fight for a country whose flag you are not allowed to fly!
It really is dangerous. Decades of cuts have left the Armed Forces far too small for all we expect them to do - but they're now so hollowed out that even the forces we have left are barely operational. In a real war we'll be in serious trouble very quickly.
If the a modern Battle of Britain happened today we would lose and be invaded. You made a very apposite comment Fergus that that the armed forces are there to defend us not represent us. And I’m just watching Iran raining cruise missiles on Israel. They’ll be very sorry as Israel’s armed forces don’t wear skirts.
Our young women get attacked by young and old Muslim men. It gets talked about on the day that we sentence the next grooming gang then brushed under the carpet by government and MSM until the next trial.
Thank you Fergus - this is indeed a most alarming state of affairs. Sadly I suspect that the chances of the CPS bringing prosecutions to bear against those responsible for breaches of the equality act 2010 are slim to none, and they will continue to reap the rewards of their actions.
Madness it is. Blatant racism it is, far worse than any past racial bias against non-whites. All in the name of diversity - and putting a nation's safety at risk while doing so. This is actually criminal and traitorous behavior in my opinion. Besides the sheer lack of pilots to fly those jets, if acceptance for pilot training is first and solely ruled by color, race and gender, actual skills and proficiency is almost assuredly a problem as well.
Even worse news. The U.S. military is a shell of its former self due to DEI bullshit and corrupt political management. So there won’t be any Yanks coming “over there” (or anywhere else)to help.
With the exception of the Marines, all branches of the US military are missing recruiting targets. And our Navy is undershipped just as China is eyeing Taiwan.
But we and NATO will sure show them Russkies a thing or two! Bring on WW3!!
Astounds that Wigston and Byford haven't been punished or even reprimanded in any way.
I suspect the policy went deeper than just pilot recruitment... anecdotally a few friends (all white men) applying to the RAF had applications turned down and it seems like the rot had a while to settle in.
I’m sure you’re right. The pilot recruitment scandal came out because some woke fool put it in writing that boards were cancelled for diversity reasons - but most RAF jobs don’t go before selection boards, so it’s much easier to just quietly reject an application from someone who isn’t colourful enough and has the wrong chromosomes.
The problem remains that those in charge of the Armed Forces are happy to dismantle their own organization. It is fascinating how institutions are run by people (whose status depends totally on said institution) who actively conspire to destroy them. With regard to the Armed Forces, why would anyone want to join a failing organisation with dodgy kit?
This is a brilliant and dumbfounding article, essential reading. I certainly hope (forlornly) that everyone in the MoD will read it. They won’t obviously. In a strange sort of a way I’m not surprised about the RAF, they always look a bit weak when you see them don’t they? Although I am not excusing them when I say that. Their anti-white men stance is a national outrage and they seem to have got away with it. Knighton is obviously a woke idiot, and his “lessons have been learned” type bollocks is a lie, as you rightly point out. Doubtless he’ll get some award or other. I take my hat off to Group Captain Nicholl for displaying some moral fibre, they need more people like her. However, I expected more from the Army. Which sane person gives a fuck about diversity among the people who fight for this country. Surely you simply need thinking people who are the best at fighting? An endeavour which I strongly suspect not everyone has the physical attributes and the mindset for. And yes, whatever anyone says, men are more equipped to fight than women. There shouldn’t be a quota or a ‘diversity target’. How pathetic. Surely no Army that wilfully seeks to reduce its effectiveness for reasons of identitarian insanity can be considered a serious army? Isn’t war far too serious to be treated as some sort of woke proving ground? I don’t imagine the Ukrainian or Russian infantryman in his trench cares about the lack of diversity in his unit, and the reason he doesn’t is that he’s got some actual problems and difficulties to contend with, thus he wants the best people fighting next to him. Although that said, by the RAF and the British Army’s rationale, had the Russian Army had more women and blacks in it they would have already won the war. Because it would have made them a better fighting force. That is the point isn’t it? Fucking hell. Can’t we put Colonel Collins in charge?
Yes. My parents were friends with a man who was a B-24 pilot in the 8th Air Force. Shot down over Holland, escaped with help from Dutch resistance, continued flying missions. Incredibly modest.
I wonder what the “Led by donkeys” campaign would make of this? Also, how in the name of sanity can two (yes, just two!) under-strength Typhoon squadrons defend the entire U.K. (and Eire, by the way) airspace? And don’t even mention the F35’s - they are equipped for different purposes, not Air Defence. Each Typhoon squadron should have 16 aircraft - three flights of 5, plus one reserve; well, each of the two squadrons has a mere 12 aircraft, or 2 flights of 5, 1 reserve and 1 other (either a two-seat “conversion” aircraft, or an aircraft on “ care and maintenance” - being cannibalised for spares)!
In 1935, this country faced the prospect of rapid re-armament and recruitment, which we barely achieved, even with the Munich Agreement and Baldwin’s “peace in our time” proclamation. Now, we do not have such a luxury, because our manufacturing capacity and firms have wither been shut down or sold off to other nations.
Well done, Major, Blair, Cameron, etc., etc. - you have totally screwed us over! You can forget about receiving any “respect” from me - all I have for you is utter disdain! And don’t expect this ex-Serviceman to join up or be conscripted - I am too old and am now disabled. I served with honour and integrity…
Brave, sacrificial pilots, willing to risk their lives for their country, their families, their way of life. I am an American. My Dad fought in WWII. Sir Winston Churchill was one of my Dad’s heroes.
"the white men he wants to recruit don’t want to join anymore - because the MoD and rogue officers like Wigston, Byford and Dole have actively worked to make them feel unwelcome."
These very same white men, discriminated against when wishing to join the RAF, are now less likely than ever to want to join up, just a few weeks ago they were 'far right thugs,' when upset about the murder of little girls. I hope they remember this when the next recruitment drive comes along, especially now that the elitists in Westminster and Whitehall, the centres of power for the 'diversity,' crowd, are increasingly worried about Iran and Putin. These same white men are not even allowed to wave their national flag at a football match! You should never fight for a country whose flag you are not allowed to fly!
This is just so alarming and dangerous.
Positive discrimination does not work in any setting, but especially when the safety of our Country is at stake.
We are practically telling our enemies to come and have a go. We can't defend ourselves.
When will the madness stop?
It really is dangerous. Decades of cuts have left the Armed Forces far too small for all we expect them to do - but they're now so hollowed out that even the forces we have left are barely operational. In a real war we'll be in serious trouble very quickly.
If the a modern Battle of Britain happened today we would lose and be invaded. You made a very apposite comment Fergus that that the armed forces are there to defend us not represent us. And I’m just watching Iran raining cruise missiles on Israel. They’ll be very sorry as Israel’s armed forces don’t wear skirts.
You're already being invaded by young muslim men, who are attacking your women.
Our young women get attacked by young and old Muslim men. It gets talked about on the day that we sentence the next grooming gang then brushed under the carpet by government and MSM until the next trial.
Thank you Fergus - this is indeed a most alarming state of affairs. Sadly I suspect that the chances of the CPS bringing prosecutions to bear against those responsible for breaches of the equality act 2010 are slim to none, and they will continue to reap the rewards of their actions.
The CPS don’t necessarily need to. A chief of defence with sufficient integrity could refer charges to a court martial.
A few years in the stockade in care of disparaged white men would make a good example of those senior officers.
But it won’t happen because the officer class remember their station but forget their obligations.
Well said.
Madness it is. Blatant racism it is, far worse than any past racial bias against non-whites. All in the name of diversity - and putting a nation's safety at risk while doing so. This is actually criminal and traitorous behavior in my opinion. Besides the sheer lack of pilots to fly those jets, if acceptance for pilot training is first and solely ruled by color, race and gender, actual skills and proficiency is almost assuredly a problem as well.
Even worse news. The U.S. military is a shell of its former self due to DEI bullshit and corrupt political management. So there won’t be any Yanks coming “over there” (or anywhere else)to help.
With the exception of the Marines, all branches of the US military are missing recruiting targets. And our Navy is undershipped just as China is eyeing Taiwan.
But we and NATO will sure show them Russkies a thing or two! Bring on WW3!!
Astounds that Wigston and Byford haven't been punished or even reprimanded in any way.
I suspect the policy went deeper than just pilot recruitment... anecdotally a few friends (all white men) applying to the RAF had applications turned down and it seems like the rot had a while to settle in.
I’m sure you’re right. The pilot recruitment scandal came out because some woke fool put it in writing that boards were cancelled for diversity reasons - but most RAF jobs don’t go before selection boards, so it’s much easier to just quietly reject an application from someone who isn’t colourful enough and has the wrong chromosomes.
The problem remains that those in charge of the Armed Forces are happy to dismantle their own organization. It is fascinating how institutions are run by people (whose status depends totally on said institution) who actively conspire to destroy them. With regard to the Armed Forces, why would anyone want to join a failing organisation with dodgy kit?
This is a brilliant and dumbfounding article, essential reading. I certainly hope (forlornly) that everyone in the MoD will read it. They won’t obviously. In a strange sort of a way I’m not surprised about the RAF, they always look a bit weak when you see them don’t they? Although I am not excusing them when I say that. Their anti-white men stance is a national outrage and they seem to have got away with it. Knighton is obviously a woke idiot, and his “lessons have been learned” type bollocks is a lie, as you rightly point out. Doubtless he’ll get some award or other. I take my hat off to Group Captain Nicholl for displaying some moral fibre, they need more people like her. However, I expected more from the Army. Which sane person gives a fuck about diversity among the people who fight for this country. Surely you simply need thinking people who are the best at fighting? An endeavour which I strongly suspect not everyone has the physical attributes and the mindset for. And yes, whatever anyone says, men are more equipped to fight than women. There shouldn’t be a quota or a ‘diversity target’. How pathetic. Surely no Army that wilfully seeks to reduce its effectiveness for reasons of identitarian insanity can be considered a serious army? Isn’t war far too serious to be treated as some sort of woke proving ground? I don’t imagine the Ukrainian or Russian infantryman in his trench cares about the lack of diversity in his unit, and the reason he doesn’t is that he’s got some actual problems and difficulties to contend with, thus he wants the best people fighting next to him. Although that said, by the RAF and the British Army’s rationale, had the Russian Army had more women and blacks in it they would have already won the war. Because it would have made them a better fighting force. That is the point isn’t it? Fucking hell. Can’t we put Colonel Collins in charge?
I’m sure the new Labour Government, which is known for its hostility to all things DEI, will rapidly get a grip on the situation.
I’d hoped you were simply paraphrasing the “useless white male pilots” comment or being hyperbolic. How quaint of me to have that hope.
What would Churchill say?
He was a massive racist so would probably agree with whatever Fergus thinks.
Ah, you don't like Churchill. How tediously predictable.
Yes. My views are consistent. I’m against genocide. Racism. Empire. Aristocracy.
Can I expect to see you condemn Hamas, Argentina and Mauritius then?
Not surprised you’re changing the subject. I’m equally not surprised that you can’t defend Churchill. He is indefensible.
So you'd have surrendered to Hitler then?
Best reread the articles herein then, hadn’t you !
If you think it's bad in the UK, see what is happening in Canada. Then weep.
Great photos, BTW. Tremendous respect for the RAF from this side of the pond.
For what it once was, anyway.
Yes. My parents were friends with a man who was a B-24 pilot in the 8th Air Force. Shot down over Holland, escaped with help from Dutch resistance, continued flying missions. Incredibly modest.
We shall not see their like again.
I wonder what the “Led by donkeys” campaign would make of this? Also, how in the name of sanity can two (yes, just two!) under-strength Typhoon squadrons defend the entire U.K. (and Eire, by the way) airspace? And don’t even mention the F35’s - they are equipped for different purposes, not Air Defence. Each Typhoon squadron should have 16 aircraft - three flights of 5, plus one reserve; well, each of the two squadrons has a mere 12 aircraft, or 2 flights of 5, 1 reserve and 1 other (either a two-seat “conversion” aircraft, or an aircraft on “ care and maintenance” - being cannibalised for spares)!
In 1935, this country faced the prospect of rapid re-armament and recruitment, which we barely achieved, even with the Munich Agreement and Baldwin’s “peace in our time” proclamation. Now, we do not have such a luxury, because our manufacturing capacity and firms have wither been shut down or sold off to other nations.
Well done, Major, Blair, Cameron, etc., etc. - you have totally screwed us over! You can forget about receiving any “respect” from me - all I have for you is utter disdain! And don’t expect this ex-Serviceman to join up or be conscripted - I am too old and am now disabled. I served with honour and integrity…
Brave, sacrificial pilots, willing to risk their lives for their country, their families, their way of life. I am an American. My Dad fought in WWII. Sir Winston Churchill was one of my Dad’s heroes.