It had to said. I know there is a similar thread but this explores something other than Weber barbecues and addresses the general principle of using the military for strike breaking. Mods, merge the threads if you wish
We are not spare capacity for strikes, says Armed Forces head
Admiral Sir Tony Radakin warns it is ‘perilous’ to expect military personnel to be used routinely to cover public sector workers
The Armed Forces are not “spare capacity” for striking workers, the chief of the defence staff has said as he cautioned against
relying on the military as the “ultimate backstop” during industrial action.
Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, the head of Britain’s Armed Forces, said it would be “slightly perilous” to expect them to be used routinely in the event of strikes by public sector workers.
In an exclusive interview for The Telegraph, Adml Radakin said the use of armed forces to provide cover for striking workers would not impede operations but suggested personnel should be allowed to get on with their day-to-day jobs.
“We’re not spare capacity,” he said. “We’re busy and we’re doing lots of things on behalf of the nation. We’ve got to focus on our primary role.”