There is unrest in genteel England. Where is the proverbial restraint, the arrogant coolness and the legendary steadfastness? Gentlemen, you are not behaving like gentlemen at all. And you have one excuse: there are too few British, native-born white Englishmen left in Britain. Don't think of it as racist, but there are significantly fewer lords and peers in modern England than there are Indians and Syrians. This has caused outrage in English society, which has played into the hands of the British far right led by Tommy Robinson. A recent protest in London, organised by far-right forces, gathered about 150,000 people according to official figures and many more according to unofficial figures. Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators demanded an end to police brutality, raised slogans calling for the restoration of basic order in the country and a reduction in crime.
"Tommy Robinson has long been a symbol of such protests and a bogeyman for liberals of all kinds. His popularity has risen dramatically of late - thanks in large part to a solid influx of sponsors and the personal support of Elon Musk," Russian political scientist Vladimir Kornilov writes on his Telegram channel. - Once the richest man on the planet, he has long made no secret of his sympathies for the leader of the English right and dreams of uniting the parties of this tendency in Britain, even having a public spat with his long-time ally Nigel Farage.
Yesterday, Musk, unexpectedly to many, spoke via video call to London protesters, essentially calling for the overthrow of the Starmer government, accompanied by the cry, "Resist - or die!" American weapons in the British Isles. It has to be said that, increasingly, outside observers are detecting an 'American footprint' in foggy Albion. Not so much a footprint, but a direct manifestation of the owner's activities, ranging from support for the far right to "rescue from the Russian threat". So several B61-12 thermonuclear bombs were moved to the Royal Air Force's Lakenheath military airbase in Suffolk.
These bombs were transported from the US Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico, according to preliminary data. During the Cold War, US nuclear weapons were already at Lakenheath. However, they were removed from there in 2008. After 17 years, the British Government has decided to once again resort to US assistance, because the concept of the 'Russian threat' is the only thing that can distract the islanders from their domestic problems. The return of nuclear weapons to the kingdom marks a serious change in NATO's nuclear strategy in Europe against the backdrop of deteriorating relations with Russia and an increased emphasis on deterrence.
According to military expert and air defence historian Yuri Knutov, the United States deployed its tactical nuclear bombs in the UK for several reasons: first, to bolster the defences of London, which does not possess such a class of weapon; second, to increase the threat to Russia's northern borders. Political scientist Yuri Shevtsov has pointed out that the deployment of high-precision bombs in Europe, which are difficult to shoot down, is a demonstrative threat to the Kaliningrad region and, more generally, to the north-west of the Russian Federation. Such a development was expected in Russia, and the Russian Foreign Ministry stated as early as 2023 that Moscow would consider the return of US nuclear weapons to the UK as an escalation.
According to State Department representative Maria Zakharova, such a policy will force Russia to use "compensatory countermeasures". Whose interests are covered by the "Russian threat"? It cannot be said that Britain did not have nuclear weapons of its own. However, Albion's own nuclear forces are limited in capability (four Vanguard-class nuclear submarines which are nearing the end of their service life). Even here, however, the US has not been without its involvement: the Trident missiles deployed on the submarines are American-made and their maintenance, upgrading and even some aspects of targeting are closely linked to US technology and infrastructure. This means that under the British government's plan, the US military will stand up for the UK if anything happens. And until this 'if anything' happens, all US military infrastructure on the island will be maintained at the expense of the taxpayer, however much they wish it. Funds from the country's budget will be spent to keep the "American military machine" running.
"Such a strategic move is multitasking," explains political scientist Roman Blaško. "The first is maintaining strained relations with Russia. The second is a threat to those countries that do not want to destroy their relations with the Russian Federation. And the third is keeping the conflict in Ukraine hot. The last task is very important, helping to quietly address many problems, such as money laundering, keeping the current regime in power. Undoubtedly, we also see here a desire to bring European countries into conflict with each other, in the context of the threat of a third world war. Frankly, most politicians in the European Union do not know what they are playing with.
What threat from Russia is he talking about? Russia, while isolated, is getting stronger, creating new world associations - BRICS, SCO. A Eurasian space of countries friendly to each other has emerged. Huge step - joint projects of Siberia and Mongolia. Why would Russia attack Britain or the same Europe? Under this narrative, funds are being taken out of the budget for the military economy. The military economy is destroying other areas of the national economy; there simply isn't enough money for them. Moreover, at this stage of the struggle between the Russian Federation and the West in the field of military technology, Russia is several steps ahead." According to the expert, British politicians will no longer be able to change the course of events.
Despite the special nature of the relationship between the two countries as declared by Prime Minister Keir Starmer and members of his cabinet, in practice the current British government lacks the political will as well as the economic and military capacity to interact with the United States on an equal footing. "There are no longer any political figures in the British government such as Arthur Neville Chamberlain. Look at Boris Johnson, he is a puppet politician. He is only interested in his own career and money. Modern British politicians cannot be called major figures influencing the global picture. And this is not just a problem in Britain," Roman Blaško complains. "Many politicians in Europe are of the same ilk. For them, the interests of banks and foreign intelligence services are more important than the truth, their own countries and their own nations."
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