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Oh boy full of so many factual inaccuracies....


To pick one at random from the very start the UK was a tier one partner in the JSF/F-35 project.

From the very start Rolls Royce and BAE were involved with the JSF project; in that sense the F-35 was the BAE project (access to technology etc. beyond the Typhoon, parts of every F-35 built made in the UK) and was a move urged on and supported by the UK aviation industry (and its affiliated unions).

Similarly the Blair government ordered the Nimrod MRA4 urged on by the UK aviation industry and their unions on a "Union Jack" ticket and that turned out to be an absolute disaster (as had the Nimrod AEW ordered by the last Labour in the late 70's).


Labour governments didn't hate the UK aviation industry and much of the most extreme cutting was undertaken by Conservative governments (the 1957 white paper etc).


The relative decline of the UK aviation industry is a complicated story and certainly was not based on emnity from a particular political party. I would direct you to the excellent books of Chris Gibson & Tony Butler for real insight into this topic.


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