we may have a strong economy and high employment but we have a government who are unprincipled, they do not care about the Red Arrows, defence, law and order etc. it is all lip service.
Tony wants to play world policeman but is cutting defence spending, he wants to cut crime but the courts are ineffective and
so often the punishment doesn't fit the crime, school children are
unruly and teachers are scared to discipline them because of the consequences, doctors and nurses are regularly verbally and physically asaulted by drunken thugs every weekend because this people they are helping are scum who don't care about anyone or anything but themselves and WE are paying for this!
Thats why we are in a spiral of decline.
Having a strong economy doesn't necessarily make the country good, its about pride, being proud, pricinciples, fighting for the under dog, knowing what is right and wrong.
The Red Arrows and other militay display teams shows the world what we can achieve, its shows and tells them our servicemen and women are the best because if we don't believe it no body else will - without pride you are nothing.
The military have got to get in the
PR business, they need to be seen in a positive way, most people who have no interest in aircraft will not go to an airshow to see a line up of drab looking aircraft, but they will go to see the Red Arrows, once you got them through the gate they can get to see what the forces are about, they may not join up but they can see the positive things the military do which may directly effect them i.e. SAR, mountain rescue, intercepting drug runners in the carribean, how the army are not just policing the worlds trouble spots but helping communities through building projects etc.
That why keeping the red Arrows and other teams is important
Persuade people that money spent on the military is a good thing
and maybe, just maybe things may change - unlikely but you never know? [/list]