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Old 5th Mar 2007, 15:33
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Sunk this was on the BBC website recently. Incidentally 7% of Government spending - we should be so lucky!

The problem is that senior civil servants in the Treasury don't have to go to war and get shot. Paul Beaver

Yes the Hansard link was interesting. Interesting bacause the Government refuse to accept that cutbacks or delays have happened, blah blah blah. Interesting to hear the Sea Harrier being mentioned repeatedly. This does remind us that as frigate and destroyer numbers have been cut, the importance of carrier based aviation is increased.

Meanwhile - some potential bad news for our French colleagues.

France’s Royal Opposes Second Aircraft Carrier
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