Before we go destroying Hoon, did anyone see a (not suprisingly short and insignificant) article in the Sunday Mail? Herr Brown intends to make another £300k worth of cuts to the defence budget, so Hoon demonstrated what would happen if the cuts came out of Scotland (Brown's constituency). Result? No Leuchers, and no new ships for the Navy (all hypothetical).
Brown seems to be backing down again. Not for long I suspect.
Not wanting to sound pessimistic, but did anybody hear the story of the Russians in WWII going into battle without any boots because there were too many generals squandering all the funds? Not to insult the airships on holiday in Egypt, or be accused of scaremongering, but.......
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[This message has been edited by YakYak (edited 02 July 2000).]