As chippy put downs go, that was pretty memorable. David Cameron will no be remembered by the armed forces as the one who told them to ‘man up wet pants’ Perhaps the next time he is standing on an aircraft carrier waffling about the military covenant he might reflect on his oh so very clever witty retorts. That said, it [...]
“I will not take any risks with Britain’s defence” Said David Cameron “It has removed a capability and increases the risks. We have taken more risks.” Said Ursula Brennan, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence.
In a rare bit of good news the RAF has taken delivery of its 7th and probably final C17 Globemaster transport aircraft. The MoD news piece was clear on the benefits The aircraft, the seventh C-17 acquired by the RAF, is capable of flying non-stop to Afghanistan and can carry up to 138 people, a Chinook helicopter, or up to [...]
For those of us with short memories, how about a reminder of the emptiest of emptiest. David Cameron The leaked letter from Liam Fox, on the subject of Nimrod MRA4 said Deletion of the Nimrod MR4 will limit our ability to deploy maritime forces rapidly into high-threat areas, increase the risk to the Deterrent, compromise maritime CT (counter terrorism), remove [...]
A day like today, it’s not a day for soundbites: we can leave those at home. deliver for our national interest while protecting our national sovereignty What a steaming pile of shite
I know this sounds like the title of some dodgy porn film but this is exactly what is happening with Trident, if we are to believe the papers and other media outlets By pushing Trident into the MoD’s Core Budget the tofu munching, yoghurt knitting class (that would be the Conservatives and Liberal Democrat’s) have effectively pushed us closer to [...]
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 [...]
This is a transcript from today’s speech by David Cameron at Chatham House during which he outlined the Conservative Party strategy for the future security of the UK. We will have a look in more depth in a later post but for now, and in the interest of accuracy and fairness it is presented below in it’s basic form. with [...]
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