Fantastic Idea! Why bother with pay equality with the commercial sector, who cares if the MoD housing stock give slums a bad name, who needs Kevlar in a war zone, why shouldn't we patrol in soft-skinned vehicles, why bother retaining our brightest and most experienced warfighters with more pay?
All we need to do is get everyone to press up their best kit, bull the boots a bit before parading across your local football ground and Hey Presto! An instant fix to all the woes facing our servicemen.
To be honest, if this is the kind of visionary leadership you get without voting the guy in I'm not sure you ever need bother with General Elections again. And to think some people thought he was just a self-serving socialist jock twot.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7344972.stm
Britain is to hold an Armed Forces Day to allow the public to show their support and respect for the military, Gordon Brown has suggested.
In a letter seen by the Sunday Telegraph, the prime minister signals that plans are being drawn up for "a special day of celebration".
Leading football clubs are expected to be called on to host parades by troops.
A study by Labour MP Quentin Davies into how the country can celebrate the military is to be published shortly.
Mr Brown has not yet spoken publicly about his support of an Armed Forces Day.
However, in his letter to Richard Scudamore, chief executive of the premier league, he said he was looking forward to discussing how football clubs could "play their part".