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Faslane: all those personnel. How do they get supplies in and out? You'll never see an appropriate number of trucks (lorries) on the road bringing in food or taking out personnel. Hmmm?

The military transport isn't above ground.

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May 12, 2023Liked by Caroline Coram

Since I became aware of the concept of D.U.M.B.s it had occurred to me that it was odd that the UK's Coal Industry & its mines was shutdown so quickly over a relatively short space of time and whether the reasons for doing so were because The Government wanted to construct its own Bases underground or because other entities were already present. The subsequent economic decline of many of those towns associated with the Coal Industry also correlates to areas suffering most with the presence of 'grooming gangs' in more recent decades and I have wondered if influences other than poverty played a part in this.

As a random thought can I throw in the comment that Jimmy Savile worked down the mines himself as a 'Bevin Boy'.

Also as someone who remembers how tiny Westminster Tube station used to be before the Jubilee Line Extension was built and how much money went into the Jubilee Line Extension project, I have subsequently wondered if parts of that money went into building the massive PINDAR base underneath Whitehall, so I'd be interested to look up underground explosions in that area of London. Have other large underground projects, eg Eurotunnel covered for other military projects?

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May 12, 2023·edited May 12, 2023Author

Hi Charlie. Really valuable thoughts on this topic. It really has been going on right underneath our noses! Let me know what you find. We might reach out to contacts on the continent to see what they can find.

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Charlie can I share this comment to Twitter please. Anonymously if you prefer. If not don’t worry.

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Sure Caroline, I have no idea of whether I am on to something or not, but these ideas have been with me for some month now and this article finally have me the opportunity to express them.

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As ever, a brilliant and thought-provoking piece. Thanks to all involved. Didnt realise the Jarrow (Hunger) Marches originated in Wales! Have I read that right? It's truly awful to think that so many have been involved in secret wars, simply to militarise countries and their politics, whilst simultaneously crushing economies and their civilians, who are merely trying to get on with the business of living.

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I honestly don’t think the west would be fighting unless they had to. These communist states are the aggressors.

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Who fund the 'leaders' of communist states (historically and currently)?

I have my own ideas, but am interested in what you say (and what you don't say).

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Of course the banks!

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