Originally Posted by
Jimlad1
.........This story is leaked every time we have a spending review and every time it doesn't happen. Cutting the Reds is like scrapping the BBMF or Trooping the Colour - its an integral part of our military in the public eye and its just too high risk to think about. Nice job whichever Mole was ordered to leak this though, I suspect its as a counter to the RN leaks of recent weeks.
Nah, means nothing IMHO. They're always included in "wide ranging spending reviews" along with many other sqns/units from all three services. The ones put forward by defence chiefs are probably carefully chosen to be either not missed too much, or too high profile to be seriously considered for the axe.
The RN used to do the same thing with
Britannia every year, but it didn't save her in the end.
.. and who said that the BBMF or Trooping the Colour were safe?