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[b]ForBalance wrote:[/b]
[quote]If you thought RAF jets were owned by the RAF, think again. The RAF squadron targeted for a repaint by Palestine Action due to its involvement in supplying Israel’s genocide, does not in fact belong to the RAF at all. It belongs ultimately to Polygon Global Partners LLP, a Hedge Fund.

It owns, maintains and operates the RAF’s Voyager refuelling aircraft, which have been providing mid-air refuelling to the Israeli Defence Forces as well as carrying, in their cargo role, munitions to the IDF.
“Note that Airtanker Ltd states that five of the Voyager aircraft while available to the RAF: “can also be made available to other parties. This can include providing military capability to other nations…”.

Whether the aircraft have been operated by the RAF on behalf of the Israelis, or whether they have been “provided to” the IDF direct, is an interesting question. Is this designed to build in plausible deniability for the UK government? Eight of the Voyager Aircraft though fully painted in RAF livery, actually are the property of Airtanker Ltd.

Polygon is a hedge fund. It would appear likely from the register to be either Polygon or Griffith’s umbrella hedge fund Tetragon that owns these liveried RAF aircraft. We have therefore simply no idea who the investors are: it could be anyone from Blackrock to Kim Jong Un. The true ownership is deliberately shrouded in secrecy.

This spaghetti tangle of ownership of RAF aircraft is rather surprising to those of us who naively believed that RAF military aircraft belonged to the RAF, and that the hundreds of billions of pounds the state lavishes on “defence” was used to do things like buy military jets, rather than make rich financiers still richer.

The long tree of subsidiary companies is not only to disguise ownership. At every single stage it provides opportunity for tax avoidance and for other forms of corruption, like consultancy contracts or directorships handed out to the contacts or nominated go-betweens of the politicians and senior civil servants.

The RAF’s Voyager aircraft are effectively being provided under the Private Finance Initiative. Exactly how much money the hedge fund managers and this string of companies are taking out of the defence budget is hard to know.

“One particularly surprising fact is that it is plain that the private companies are also providing the RAF ground crew. Who employs the flight crews is not entirely clear.

That such an obviously rotten and corrupt arrangement exists in the RAF I had no idea. Some British military personnel are in fact contracted mercenaries. It gives new context to the active RAF involvement in the Genocide in Gaza.

Palestine Action’s excellent act of resistance in vandalising this Hedge Fund Air Force has brought all of this to our attention. Which is yet a further reason to be grateful to Palestine Action.”

- Craig Murray

https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/.../dystopia-uk-genocidal.../[/quote]

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Topic History of: Ex-UK Ambassador Murray NAILS UK-privatised Air Force
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hedda	I really like Craig Murray. He's been reporting from Lebanon as Israeli bombs land around him. Extraordinary to think military equipment, planes etc can be owned by a private corporation. Of course arms dealers profit goodly from the world's miseries. One scam was when Donald Trump lashed out at Zelenskyy in the White House falsely accusing him of not thanking the USA. But the reality is the US didn't hand Ukraine $Billions..they gave them $Billions of outdated military equipment..still highly effective..but which means the US arms manufacturers can get multi $Billions to update equipment. I still believe Trump's weird swings of moods..Zelenskyy is out one minute and in the next, are a sign of creeping dementia. It so mirrors my friend who is now going into a home as he also has cancer. But he goes off tangent in conversations just like Trump. I don't wish this on Trump or anyone but where is his family seeing his father had dementia and altheimers. They all seem to be idiots except for his Scottish mother who came across as pretty wise. Maybe they should remove Trump and set up a pretend Oval Office so he can go into it every day just like they did with his father. But what horrors would a President Vance impose upon us? Odd that Vance wears mascara while Trump wears that badly applied orange make-up. I still recall Trump's jailed lawyer Michael Cohen saying he encountered Trump coming out of the shower once and that hair was hanging down to his shoulders and his crown completely bald. I have no problem with enhancement though having had a couple myself. I once got arrested coming out of the Marquee Club in Soho and down at the police station all the officers laughed at my mascara. I recall the night so well as it was a showcase for a new Aussie band..ACDC
ForBalance	If you thought RAF jets were owned by the RAF, think again. The RAF squadron targeted for a repaint by Palestine Action due to its involvement in supplying Israel’s genocide, does not in fact belong to the RAF at all. It belongs ultimately to Polygon Global Partners LLP, a Hedge Fund. It owns, maintains and operates the RAF’s Voyager refuelling aircraft, which have been providing mid-air refuelling to the Israeli Defence Forces as well as carrying, in their cargo role, munitions to the IDF. “Note that Airtanker Ltd states that five of the Voyager aircraft while available to the RAF: “can also be made available to other parties. This can include providing military capability to other nations…”. Whether the aircraft have been operated by the RAF on behalf of the Israelis, or whether they have been “provided to” the IDF direct, is an interesting question. Is this designed to build in plausible deniability for the UK government? Eight of the Voyager Aircraft though fully painted in RAF livery, actually are the property of Airtanker Ltd. Polygon is a hedge fund. It would appear likely from the register to be either Polygon or Griffith’s umbrella hedge fund Tetragon that owns these liveried RAF aircraft. We have therefore simply no idea who the investors are: it could be anyone from Blackrock to Kim Jong Un. The true ownership is deliberately shrouded in secrecy. This spaghetti tangle of ownership of RAF aircraft is rather surprising to those of us who naively believed that RAF military aircraft belonged to the RAF, and that the hundreds of billions of pounds the state lavishes on “defence” was used to do things like buy military jets, rather than make rich financiers still richer. The long tree of subsidiary companies is not only to disguise ownership. At every single stage it provides opportunity for tax avoidance and for other forms of corruption, like consultancy contracts or directorships handed out to the contacts or nominated go-betweens of the politicians and senior civil servants. The RAF’s Voyager aircraft are effectively being provided under the Private Finance Initiative. Exactly how much money the hedge fund managers and this string of companies are taking out of the defence budget is hard to know. “One particularly surprising fact is that it is plain that the private companies are also providing the RAF ground crew. Who employs the flight crews is not entirely clear. That such an obviously rotten and corrupt arrangement exists in the RAF I had no idea. Some British military personnel are in fact contracted mercenaries. It gives new context to the active RAF involvement in the Genocide in Gaza. Palestine Action’s excellent act of resistance in vandalising this Hedge Fund Air Force has brought all of this to our attention. Which is yet a further reason to be grateful to Palestine Action.” - Craig Murray www.craigmurray.org.uk/.../dystopia-uk-genocidal.../