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Old 10th Dec 2003, 22:00
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Defence - the Treasury's first target?

Considering that defence consumes only a small percentage of public spending and an even smaller one of GNP/GDP, and the demands are going up...

Why is defence the first Government department to get cut? What about other departments? What about the thousands of civil service pen pushers who do nothing useful?

Perhaps we should give less money to the EU. And hand wringing liberal left do gooders. And the PC brigade...
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