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Old 3rd Dec 2019, 17:33
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Just This Once...
 
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Originally Posted by pr00ne
Just this once, and langleybaston,

Go read Hansard, read defence white papers, read treasury expense reports, where it is all recorded as fact.
As one who sat with the Treasury and bid for funding I have a better idea than most over how much of the financial burden of Herrick and Telic fell directly on the FLCs. Enjoy your reading and spouting of Hansard and alike, but it will not improve your 1/10 score. Even the single point I gave you was charitable as once we entered the land of 'use it or lose it' Treasury-logic the MoD was well-and-truly stuffed.

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