What I particualarly enjoyed was his predicatable spouting about how we (UKAF) have enjoyed the longest sustained period of increases in defence spending in recent history.
That's right Mr Twigg. Of course we have.
We have also enjoyed the longest period of sustained ops since about 1945!!!
Not to mention the fact that almost every aircraft/ship/tank/rifle has simultaneously needed replacing or upgrading because of successive governments reticence to actually spend any of our taxes on the equipment that our forces need!
They honestly seem to think it's our fault that most of our kit is old and knackered!
Let's not even mention that if it wasn't for bl00dy politicians we could have been flying F-16s for twenty years by now, instead of waiting for the mighty 'Phoon. (I'm not slagging the jet off, just pointing out that it has arrived a mite later than may have been ideal!)
BV
