Does UK statehood depend on BBC radio 4 ?

[MrQwertyasd]

"Corbyn has suggested he would decline to authorise the use of Trident in the two circumstances envisaged under the arrangements in place since the cold war.

The second instance is based on the assumption that the UK is no longer a functioning state. In such circumstances, signalled when BBC Radio 4 can no longer be heard, the commander of the submarine on patrol would take out sealed letter from a safe, written by the prime minister, instructing them on what to do. "

So that’s it, if the soothing middle class tones of radio 4 cannot be heard any more, Britain has ceased to be a functioning state ?

[Claverhouse]

You might be grateful for his forbearance were the contents to say: “Take out Washington while you’re at it.”.

[MrQwertyasd]

@Claverhouse

You might be grateful for his forbearance were the contents to say: “Take out Washington while you’re at it.”.

Oooooo… you’ll go on a list saying things like that.

He didn’t mean it folks, Washington is lovely.

[Mr.Kobayashi]

@MrQwertyasd

So that’s it, if the soothing middle class tones of radio 4 cannot be heard any more, Britain has ceased to be a functioning state ?

Good God, it doesn’t even bear thinking about. Apparently the subs went on alert in 2004 when a power cut knocked Radio 4 off the air, rumour has it that it has to be off the air for a few days before the Letter of Last Resort is opened.

[MrQwertyasd]

This is the sound of civilization, brought to the world by Great Britain, the greatest civilizing force in history.

Radio 4 Shipping Forecast

[MrQwertyasd]

@Mr.Kobayashi

Good God, it doesn’t even bear thinking about. Apparently the subs went on alert in 2004 when a power cut knocked Radio 4 off the air, rumour has it that it has to be off the air for a few days before the Letter of Last Resort is opened.

“THE captains of Britain’s nuclear submarines had a wake up call today - when the BBC mysteriously went off air for 15 minutes. Secret orders to captains say orders to launch a strike are to be opened and acted upon only if the submarine cannot tune in to Radio 4’s Today programme for a given number of days.”

Speechless.

[MrQwertyasd]

So all the enemy would have to do is broadcast some old editions of Today, and they could get away with a first strike… ?

[Colibri]

Since it’s not really clear what the OP is asking, let’s move this to IMHO.

Colibri
General Questions Moderator

[Malden_Capell]

@MrQwertyasd

So all the enemy would have to do is broadcast some old editions of Today, and they could get away with a first strike… ?

Surely nobody is that sadistic!

[robert_columbia]

@MrQwertyasd

So all the enemy would have to do is broadcast some old editions of Today, and they could get away with a first strike… ?

Presumably, there are hidden codes or something in Today broadcasts, so subs would be clued in if they were being fed old or false broadcasts.

[Small_Clanger]

[QUOTE=MrQwertyasd]
So that’s it, if the soothing middle class tones of radio 4 cannot be heard any more, Britain has ceased to be a functioning state ?
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Sounds about right to me. Certainly not a country worth living in.

A few years ago there was a journalists’ strike, I turned on the radio in the morning and instead of Today heard an old Just a Minute :eek: I guess the subs will only open their orders if R4 is just dead air.

If there are any secret codes they’re probably embedded in the Archers. I bet you could hide all sorts of crap in plain sight there.

Don’t mention the Archers! I did… a bit… but I think I got away with it…

[MEBuckner]

@MrQwertyasd

So all the enemy would have to do is broadcast some old editions of Today, and they could get away with a first strike… ?

“I say, old chap, when did the BBC hire all these announcers with Russian accents?”

[Smeghead]

@robert_columbia

Presumably, there are hidden codes or something in Today broadcasts, so subs would be clued in if they were being fed old or false broadcasts.

I swear I heard…somewhere…that there was a code phrase that would be uttered by the Today show host to indicate that they were being held captive and broadcasting under coercion.

[Claverhouse]

“Oh, buggery, fuck, fuck, fuck: I dropped me script. — Hang on there, me old darlin’s”"