The issue of footwear has exercised the supply chain of the British armed forces for decades, despite a slow start, Afghanistan has proven a catalyst for a revolution in personal equipment and at long last personnel in theatre have the proper boots from Lowa and Meindl
Perhaps we should ask the team to look into the footwear of MP’s and the cabinet.
Quite clearly they are not wearing the correct footwear, instead of the expected elegant brogues they seem to be wearing these.
Amid the continuing confusion over withdrawal dates and strategies in Afghanistan we have the Prime Minister, Secretary of State for Defence, Foreign Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister chipping in with contradictory comments.
Whilst they are sweating over the canapes in the White House or subsidised drinks in the House of Commons they should spare a thought for those doing the real sweating and try and get their act together.
Then we have the Prime Minister dropping his trousers and bending over for the US President
In the final act of buffonery, we have the Deputy Prime Minister, a Minister of the Crown, standing at the Despatch Box trying to score a cheap political point against Jack Straw by declaring the Iraq War illegal.
Come to think of it, am I being unfair to clowns?
“the Deputy Prime Minister, a Minister of the Crown, standing at the Despatch Box trying to score a cheap political point against Jack Straw by declaring the Iraq War illegal.”
Is your beef with the legallity of the war or with the fact that a minister in the government has declared it so?
Arguing about the legallity here is pointless (unless we have some experts in international law relevant to the invasion of sovreign nations reading this blog)) and I wondered if you thought that a serving minister should always defend acts done by the UK even if they were initiated by a previous government and even if they are later deemed to have been ‘illegal’?
I think you are being a little hard on clowns
I also agree with what Pete says in his comment.
Pete
It was the fact the the Deputy PM stood up in full view of the world, not as a member of the opposition, but a member of the government and declared the war illegal
this whilst sitting next to people who voted for it and whilst the PM was in the US, our partners in this so called illegal venture
Hence the clown shows