Performance related.....
During Telic my unit could not have delivered its warfighting ability were it not for the incredible hard work done by our MOD civil servants. Before, during and after Shock & Awe, these men and women worked up to 14 hours a day, 7 days a week for 2 months without a break or reward - it's shameful that MOD civil servants (many paid about the same salary as a jnco) should now be vilified because of bonuses of £500 or less. I feel sorry for the mother of the Oxfordshire marine who was killed in Afghanistan, but once again someone has grabbed at the first quite inappropriate stick, never mind the wrong end. It's also a disgrace that the Tories and the media grabbed at this one's throat so quickly too - I suspect that Dr Liam Fox has just lost that nice Mr Cameron around 85 000 votes!