BossEyed
Would this be the letter to The Telegraph of 24 Dec 05? The link provided led to a number of different letter subjects. Has Bliar decimated the Scottish infantry regiments yet or is he waiting for the resignation statistics to become a little more spinable in the New Year?
Army overstretched
Sir - The Territorial Army is losing 600 volunteers a month. Some 800 Territorials have just been called up for service in Afghanistan. A TA member can be called up for only one year in three.
An exceptional number of serving soldiers have indicated a wish to leave the Army. It is obvious they are underpaid, but the real problem is clearly crisis-level overstretch and the worst recruiting figures in living memory.
Overstretch stopped a previous plan to cut regiments. A petition with 155,000 signatures, requesting an urgent review, was taken to Number 10 some weeks ago. So far only silence.
British sailors, soldiers and airmen will do their duty without question, while they experience demotivating, unfair, excessive stress. I wonder if the politicians will begin to do theirs.
D H MacRae, Edinburgh