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Forum: Military Aviation

5th Jun 2015, 11:05

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Posted By skydiver69

Maroonman4 That sort of attitude is also...

Maroonman4

That sort of attitude is also displayed in the Government's attitude to the police where reforms have been brought in based on rehashed research by one man and is more about political...

Forum: Military Aviation

20th Mar 2015, 17:43

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Posted By skydiver69

Melchett01 Its more a case of NHS, education...

Melchett01

Its more a case of NHS, education and foreign aid v all the rest including defence. Current Tory dogma will not countenance cuts in those three areas so everyone else has to suffer...

Forum: Military Aviation

18th Mar 2015, 17:43

Replies: 416

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Posted By skydiver69

HH But very clever all the same as...

HH

But very clever all the same as Osbourne is now using other peoples' money i.e. the fines, to help HMG make the 2% target, although I can't imagine that £75m will go very far in that respect....

Forum: Military Aviation

9th Mar 2015, 09:51

Replies: 416

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Posted By skydiver69

:O I got my H's mixed up and meant Hammond not...

:O I got my H's mixed up and meant Hammond not Hoon.

RUSI are not very optimistic about the future of the armed forces, in particular Army numbers in the near future, predicting that numbers could...

Forum: Military Aviation

8th Mar 2015, 11:27

Replies: 416

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Posted By skydiver69

Willard it looks like you are right judging from...

Willard it looks like you are right judging from your links and what I've just seen on the WWW. Its no wonder that HMG can claim that we have the worlds 4 largest defence budget whilst at the same...

Forum: Military Aviation

8th Mar 2015, 10:47

Replies: 416

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Posted By skydiver69

Geoff Hoon was on TV this morning pledging to...

Geoff Hoon was on TV this morning pledging to maintain the 2% spending target should the Tories win the next election. IIRC investment is Trident is separate from general defence spending and that...

Forum: Military Aviation

2nd Mar 2015, 20:15

Replies: 416

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Posted By skydiver69

At the moment there are probably less votes...

At the moment there are probably less votes dependent on the defence budget than there are for the NHS or education budgets. The Tories are also protecting the foreign aid budget in order to show...

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