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Old 31st Jul 2009, 10:59
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Archimedes
 
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What a shame that Torpy will go down in the history of the Royal Air Force for nothing other than for turning it into the Royal Air Farce and landing us with a big quantity of unwanted fighters that we don't need.
Winco - while your posts concering the chap have made it very clear that you are unimpressed with Torpy (and you're not alone), that isn't particularly fair. He wasn't responsible for the 232 figure, or for the contract which meant that getting out of the full buy of 232 seemed almost impossible because of the financial penalties that'd incur.

What has actually happened on his watch, albeit with minutes to go, is that the 232 Typhoon buy has been reduced...


Vin - I imagine that FJ's loss will be a very small gain for the SH fleet (for political reasons) and a decent uplift in the NHS budget or similar...
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