Would a Reduction in Budgets be a Bad Thing for the MoD?
More money and better spending has been our guiding principle, this might be a rather outrageous statement to make but one has to wonder if throwing more money at a dysfunctional Ministry of Defence would actually be counter-productive?
The Ministry of Defence
The Ministry of Defence hovers between two uncomfortable positions, the high cost of supporting operations abroad on one hand and on the other, a desire to maintain the mystical ‘balanced capability’. The £32 billion budget means that spending priorities can lurch between these two posts, applying pain equally without having to decisively focus on one.
We fail to adequately resource operations in order to balance future capabilities but these future capabilities are always compromised by budget pressures, a vicious circle.
A serious reduction in budget would force the issue, no hedging, no muddling through and not relying on wishful thinking as a strategic option.