Originally Posted by
Herod
Don't blame the RAF. Defence spending has got to rise, especially in the current climate. However, adding 2p to income tax would lose the election. The modern generation have grown up with the "Peace Dividend", and don't want to know. I know people who will not buy newspapers or watch TV news. so they have no idea what's going on. Give them endless pictures of fluffy cats and they are happy. (Mr Angry of Purley)
The 'modern generation' has also grown up with underfunded public services and falling living standards, so you can perhaps understand that their priorities might now lie elsewhere.