A56
Exactly what operational tasking you think the RN is unable to achieve because of the carriers? Use real examples....
Melchett
Agree. He strikes as a complete [censored]. Driven by convictions rather than provable facts, and not accountable in the same way as an MP or Peer. I thought we were leaving the EU as people were fed up of unelected power mongers?
Defence took a hammering from the Commons Committee for poor decision making - such as the SDSR 10 carrier debacle, committing to Helmand province without knowing who made that decision, or why, or what our forces were meant to achieve.
See:
Decision making in defence policy
Poor record keeping, and making assumptions that people would have the same knowledge (eg the reason for preferring STOVL and F-35B was not adequately documented), and doing new things seemingly for the sake of it has not helped. The part of the
Nimrod review that deals with organisational issues is also damning,
I fear that other Government departments suffer from the same malaise. Ministerial accountability and proper cabinet Government would help.
weemonkey
Not sure - some have promoted fishery protection as a growth industry.