Des Browne is a disgrace, a mendacious incompetent slimy sh!t.
It is pointed out on ARRSE that this may be linked to the upcoming inquests into the Herc and Nimrod crashes, both of which have generated extensive commentary on safety concerns, whether defensive aids or airworthiness.
On the plus side, this will backfire. On ARRSE, someone has posted a response from Liam Fox's office so the Tories will run with this.
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Browne and Hoon should be in the dock for presiding over a system of institutional criminal negligence. Why can't the MoD be prosecuted under Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 when the failings have occured in the UK, as with the tragic parachute death when a two-way radio (as requested by the training staff) may have saved him?