browns scorched earth policy

[ratewhore]

Does he have one? You would think so reading this this morning.

going ahead with two 65,000-tonne aircraft carriers at a cost of £5 billion

committing a future government to the Joint Strike Fighter, costing £10 billion, and completing the £20 billion Typhoon programme

Doesn't even mention Trident.

Is he purposefully looking to screw the nations finances even more before he gets booted?

[Moscow Mule]

It's all about the jobs...

[ratewhore]

It's all about the jobs...

what, the scottish ones?

[threaded]

It's just usual Brownstuff: Aircraft carriers are easy to announce and then drop sometime later.

Now, if he announced buying more helicopters and plans to improve the conditions for servicemen and their families, that'd be something one might begin to believe as plausible.

[Moscow Mule]

It's just usual Brownstuff: Aircraft carriers are easy to announce and then drop sometime later.

Now, if he announced buying more helicopters and plans to improve the conditions for servicemen and their families, that'd be something one might begin to believe as plausible.

Like that waste of 8 chinooks sat in a hanger because no ****er would certify the software so they had to downgrade them?

[minestrone]

I was reading in the Times this morning that we still have 19,000 troops in Germany and 10,000 in Afghanistan. Are we still expecting the Ruskies to storm over the border?

[gingerjedi]

Like that waste of 8 chinooks sat in a hanger because no ****er would certify the software so they had to downgrade them?

Buy cheap pay twice (as much).

[ratewhore]

I was reading in the Times this morning that we still have 19,000 troops in Germany and 10,000 in Afghanistan. Are we still expecting the Ruskies to storm over the border?

I don't think the infrastructure exists in the UK to house the units from Germany.

[Moscow Mule]

Are we still expecting the Ruskies to storm over the border?

Nope, it's a lot more convenient to have mechanised divisions in Germany where there's lots of room to play rather than having them cooped up on Salisbury Plain.

[threaded]

Like that waste of 8 chinooks sat in a hanger because no ****er would certify the software so they had to downgrade them?

Well, that's what happens when one fails to employ experienced contractors and trust detail to a bunch of civil savants.