For those who have been paying attention, for the past several days the U.K. political discussion has centered around major political embarrassment for Prime Minister Keir Starmer following the very public resignation of most of the British defense cabinet members, including the Minister of Defense.
The cited reason for the chaos is Starmer’s unwillingness to support or fund the U.K military, leaving their resources in a critical state of depletion. Starmer has delivered grand prose to NATO about leading military operations in Ukraine, the Arctic Circle and the Strait of Hormuz. However, in reality they have few working ships, only one working carrier, no training equipment and they have to shout “BANG” during military exercises because they don’t have the money for blank ammunition in their weapons. The state of the U.K. military is now a well-known embarrassment.
Following the resignation of almost all the British military leadership, Starmer was facing serious political ridicule. Then, last night, in what can only be honestly described as a transparent political optic, Starmer staged the seizing of a “Russian shadow fleet” oil tanker, which he bragged about on the X platform – complete with cinematography to showcase the boldness of the operation.
You really have to see the video Prime Minister Starmer organized [shared below] to promote his display of strength against the horrible Russians. [It is presumed the designation of “shadow fleet” comes from the lack of London insurance on the vessel itself.]
Viewers will note the ¹cinematography of the video release, the lighting and the staged nature of the camera recording within the imagery. Notice how the ‘marines’ sent the cameraman down the steps first, to capture the lead special operator as he descended the stairs. 😂 Notice also the lighting and use of night vision goggles to enhance the dramatic visual. 🙄 Then there’s the dramatically pre-opened doors, and the mysterious way the camera man is inside the room before the special forces arrive 🤣. The only thing missing is the background music “ride of the Valkyries” as the Royal Marines carry out the mission.
Honestly folks, I’ve been laughing all night… This is too much:
Despite Putin’s best efforts to evade sanctions, we will not let him get away with it. pic.twitter.com/IIW3Cv2ENQ
— Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) June 14, 2026
¹It is not lost on me how the British previously used fake inflatable tanks to fool the Germans in World War II. Wash-Rinse-Repeat for domestic consumption. lol
How this idiot is allowed to stay in office is lost on me.
He refuses to step down as he should have by now. He’s a dictator basically.
Besides all his other problems, he seems to be suffering from a certain kind of envy.
I can’t imagine the SAS are all that happy to follow this….wanker
Keep in mind, we had an even bigger idiot in office for four years!
The Brits are too busy fighting off immigrant beheaders in the streets. Who has time to vote?
Staged video.
Russia is the staged (fabricated) enemy.
Let the show begin.
Reminds me of the Schumer cookout photo with cheese slices on raw hamburger.
These morons will be speaking Chinese or Russian soon, they have lost all sense of self respect. What a joke.
Arabic actually…
Nope… whatever the muslim language is called is what they will be speaking…..
Durka Durka
From one of the strongest military forces in the world to a paper tiger in just under 80 years. Sad.
Now, President Trump needs to pull all of our military forces out of England.
Now where is all of our guns
They were still pretty good up until the end of the Cold War and the breakup of the Soviet Union. Not world-class by that point, but still pretty good. Then they took their “peace dividend” and proceeded to spend it on social programs like none other in western Europe, and they had some competition for that particular prize. And why not? They had the U.S. to provide their security, so no need to spend on their own. Just draw down, draw down, draw down, and spend all of the dividend and more on other things. Real geniuses, or to use their term, wankers.
If only they could have gotten the cast of Monty Python to act out this farce…
Benny Hill would better suit me😅
Play that raid video at 2x speed with Yakety Sax in the background.
Black Adder, the WWI season was epic.
Blackadder Goes Forth.
The best! 👍🏻
They would have declined 😂
Having some experience on surface ships undergoing training boarding operations I can’t emphasize enough just how fake this is. NVG i brightly lit compartments is but one of the theatrics.
Good Grief…. How far the Brit’s have fallen from when I first encountered them in Pearl Harbor back in the early 80s. Spent considerable time with the HMS Sheffield (yes, that Sheffield). A lot has changed.
They were always good for a card game when in the Port of Charleston—Gold crew of the “Key” could often be found there when not under the sea.
When they finally break through to what was (apparently) their objective – they sort of stand there, looking at rumpled bedding. Maybe it’s just a room check. With guns.
I always thought that obama was simply playing the role of POTUS. He was never POTUS.
This guy and Carney are doing the same thing to their nations.
While the Brits were playing Hide and Seek, the crew was busy at work, doing their job. No time for this nonsense!
I wonder if Scott Pelley was the camera man? After all he is so brave. Scott must have cleared the rooms first so the soldiers could safely enter.
Scott Pelley looked down at the floor and noticed a puddle of water forming.
I’d say Russia should just nuke London at this point, but that would make Pakistan angry.
i shouldn’t have, but i laughed at the rueful irony of that…🥴
Well, I guess whoever’s cabin that was should’ve made their bed. How embarassing.
I feel bad for the British people; they must rise up but they clearly don’t know what that is.
Note to shipping vessels: Post sign on door, “No room service please. We are busy.”
Send the cameraman in ahead of the soldiers
Yes…Ride of the Valkyries.
Really too good to not post below the ” Lights!!! Camera!! ACTION!!
Pitiful.
Whenever I hear “Ride of the Valkyries,” that old Maxell cassette tape ad always comes to mind 👍🏻
👍🏻 😂
IT’S SO OBVIOUS. THIS MUST HAVE BEEN HOW STARMER PLANNED FOR THE RAID:
Pause the video at 7 seconds. The soldier passes a sign that clearly says “Exit” in English.
I couldn’t read the other signage since the cameraman quickly panned away.
Do Russian ships normally have English “Exit” signage….I doubt it.
Oh, Eagle…well spotted! 😎
Pathetic. Resign, you fool!
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, this man is feckless and impotent. The only thing that he excels at is treating UK citizens like excrement.
EDIT:
Is it even a Russian ship that was filmed? Since the vid is for domestic consumption, it’s not even necessary that they seize a Russian ship, eh?
He seems determined to continue F’ing around with “The Bear,” until he finds out!
I’m surprised that they didn’t have a portrait of Putin hanging in the stairwell to make it clear that they were invading a Russian ship.
I’ll bet it strained UK Navy resources to project power all the way into the English Channel 😎
It was probably in a U.K. dry dock and the Filipino crew had already gone home for the day.
Starmer should be dangling from London Bridge.
These clowns are teetering on the cliff
Let’s
Give em a push
Would have been funny if the crew of the tanker beat the crap out of the brits and threw them overboard.
Boo! That’ll scare those nasty Russians. They used to say in W W ll that if you gave a sore backed chirper a pencil and a desk you had a warrior. At lwast they were better than the frogs who just grabbed their mistresses and headed for the coast.
I’ve never been on an ocean going cargo ship, but that looked much more like a house to me. Complete with dry wall and wood framed doors. Someone with experience on these kinds of ships please weigh in so I can know if I’m off base.
This could’ve been a search filmed inside an apartment building, looking for citizens who posted something online. It’s not clear that this took place on a vessel at sea.
The brits do have a good bit more experience in that arena.
NEWS UPDATE!!!!
Whitehall is now claiming that the erroneously-reported video capture of a alleged shadow tanker was, in fact, a Special Needs Bus Ferry en-route to Montreal.
No Canadians were injured during the routine changeover in Bus Crew and Attendants, though several bedpans were knocked over and a large diplomatic mess ensued. 🙂
This feckless, embarrassing, unpopular clown is the Tiffany Henyard of PMs.
And he just said that muslims are the face of the new UK/Britain….We here in the USA had better wake up fast!
The sound of Royal Marines yelling, “Bang! Bang!” at any resistant Ruskies is echoing in my ears!
“a transparent political optic”
The memory of Michael Dukakis’ head wearing a military helmet and sticking out of a tank immediately came to mind.
I’ve seen Call of Duty video games that look more realistic than this.
Keir “Spielberg” Starmer
“a transparent political optic”
This immediately came to mind –
https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2008/01/17/the-photo-op-that-tanked
Lord have mercy.
If they were taking over a ship, wouldn’t they be going up to the wheel house rather than down to the galley?
Great research with video explanation, Sundance.
I like what Barbra Boyd calls “Sweet Revenge”: https://www.prometheanaction.com/the-saturday-wrap-up-et-tu-mike-who-was-mi6s-inside-man-against-donald-trump-june-13-2026/
The kid who has been beating the studios’ summer “blockbusters” with his Youtube-level skills movie, “Backrooms” has more cinematography talent than Starmer.
“…and they have to shout “BANG” during military exercises because they don’t have the money for blank ammunition in their weapons.”
Why do I think Sundance is not making this part up?
That video “operation” is deeeeeeeeeply flawed.
Anyone can see the problems……except for liberals.
Once the Royal Marines were formidable. Have they been forced to go woke now?
Europe has parasitically relied on the US to provide for military needs while they squandered decades and untold amounts of money on liberal projects.
This will come at a cost to them.
Did that cameraman get trained on how to clear a room before the Royal Marines did their video opportunity?
How comically fake.
Well now. Looks good to me but the last time I saw a ship boarding was on Star Trek and Scotty beamed them in.
Special Operator Kweir Stammer himself ran point on this operation, seizing the SS Pootie-Poot directly.
Arrogance, ignorance and narcissism-when combined in one individual who happens to be in a position of authority-is beyond dangerous.
Starmer is a dangerous fool and I pray that God would remove him from power.
Why we even talk to them is beyond me. Useless and dying, why waste our time?
“They have to shout BANG” 😂😂😂😂
My gosh Sundance, that’s a really good one 😂😂😂
This has got to be a recruiting video. There is no way real SF Guys would have anything to do with this!