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Old 21st Mar 2019, 11:40
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Originally Posted by pr00ne
Taxydyal,

The whole thrust of the MoD “better estates” rationalisation, under which Linton is closing, was to free up Govt land for house building.
Not really practical to have Leeming based Reds practising over a new housing development is it?
Still we're the 5th or 6th largest economy in the whole wide world. We have three, so described, main operating bases left, Belgium have two, so does the Netherlands. I still wonder where all our, used be 4th now apparently 6th and falling, defence expenditure is frittered away? And we still need to sell off as much Government, almost always MOD land, as possible to get by?

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