tuc, thank you for the insightful reply.
‘Don’t upset MoD’ seems to me a disastrously misguided strategy. What would MoD do if upset? Buy American or Russian? Mount a disinformation campaign to scupper M-B’s overseas sales? With the idea of a UK industrial strategy being in fashion that’s politically unthinkable. It’s probably legally impossible too. On the other hand, the damage inflicted on the company’s reputation by the guilty plea is very real. Unless I’m missing something crucial this is a woeful misjudgment by M-B.
Last edited by Easy Street; 25th Jan 2018 at 22:48.