the high paid help should be supporting us
I think I hear what you say here, but I must admit that I'm not one of those who subscribe to the theory that those at the top would willingly sail our Service, and those who work within it, down the river without doing their best to represent us.
telling the accountants where to get off
I think we'd all love to do that, but the reality is that funding is a resource that we have to deal with, whether we like it or not!
HM to have a word with her PM about how he is treating her armed forces.
Living in this great democracy of ours means that it's the great British people who want New Labour to run our affairs (under our current electoral system). Once again, whether we like it or not, she may voice an opinion, but there's nothing she can do. People are more inclined to pay to vote on 'X Factor', 'Strictly Come Dancing' or 'Big Brother' every week than stick a free vote in a box every 4 or 5 years to elect a Government. We get what they want. They want more spent on Schools, Hospitals and Affordable Housing rather than fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, it appears.