I am convinced these are intelligence bots interspersed with some delusional uninformed public.
As soon as you have some mild criticism based on the fact of large military expenditure contrasted with cost of living crises for UK population, bots are on the attack.
Added to that, perhaps the average IQ of Fraudian readers has dropped dramatically in recent years. It doesn't resemble anything like comments published (say) 2 - 3 years ago, never mind longer term. I think it's all fake.