Britain had been humiliated. What was for centuries the greatest naval nation on earth is now unable, for up to a fortnight, to send a Type 45 destroyer to Cyprus to defend - and remember this - British sovereign territory, with hundreds of hundreds of British people there working and their families.
So we've managed to upset the Cypriots, we've managed to upset the Americans, we've managed to upset the UAE, Bahrain and all the other Gulf states that are on our side.
And now even Spain, who said they'd have nothing to do with anything, have this morning sent a destroyer to help defend Cyprus and help defend our base.
So we're being defended by the Spanish, defended by the French, defended by the Greeks and incapable of defending ourselves.
Nigel Farage
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The has-been Royal Navy:
2 carriers..........but none are operational
6 destroyers.......but only 2 are operational
7 frigates......but only 3 are operational
5 submarines.......but none are operational
I kid you not.