Originally Posted by
anson harris
Sorry I began to question my own memory there. I actually heard it said on Newsnight a few weeks ago by Francis Tusa, editor of Defence Analysis. It was Newsnight on 8 March, if anyone's interested, which is available on iPlayer. Quite depressing.
Hmmm. Tusa potentially falls into the "witlesses" box. He's clearly acting as a mouthpiece for Penfold - almost word for word script. Namechecks Ajax and Wedgetail and then suggests the list is endless. Barrons was slightly more credible in that he alludes to the annuality issue in terms of how spend is controlled - and the effect that said control has on project timescale and cost. Interesting that they wheeled out Meg Hillier to confirm that the Deterrent programme was actually within its budget at £38Bn - although it was presented - natch - as an overrun.