Another Slap in the Face
This pay award, for it certainly is not a pay rise in any real terms, is nothing more than a derisory insult to all the men and women who have worked so hard over the last 12 months.
The audacity of a government that has the military doing firemans jobs(because they cocked up that pay deal) and then sends the same troops of to war is unbelievable. And have you seen the size of the pay rises that ministers and MPs have recieved! It couldn't be more insulting.
I urge everyone to do as I am, and write immediately to your MP, make your views know and make sure that pressure is also applied up the chain. This way we may not get a change in the pay award, but hopefully we will get a change in the leadership of the MOD and once and for all get rid of that waste of space Hoon (Exactly what has he done that has benefited the forces, and not his career). Make sure those at the top know we're not happy. especially as they are sending us away from home and family more often.