How much was spent bringing Leeming up to the state it is today for the F3? A whole new road off the A1, plus gazillions on infrastructure.
... But probably no where near as much as was spent on the Trident refit facility (Ship lift + refit area - only thing that wasn't built was the big metal hangar over the work area - would have cost 3 Million) in Rosyth when the tories decided to move it to Guzz and then sink (quite literally!) 100 of millions into solidifying the ground underneath the old battleship dry docks.
Beags - word of advice - Whenever your talking about defence WRT government, Dont mention the shortcomings of New Labour. I'm not a supporter of them myself but I also know that other parties are no better.
May I suggest "The current Government"
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