With such incompetence to see a £6Bn overspend, should not the person(s) responsible for blowing the budget so outrageously not be disciplined?
Oh, would that not be at Ministerial level perhaps?
Off to the Lords then.
On the Air side (as this is an aviation forum) the two main "culprits" from my viewpoint are retired. One was a Knight before taking up post, the other made CB in-post, having been blamed, but not named, for the "gold standard cock-up" (Chinook Mk3).
I generally take a more benign view of Ministers. After all, the reason they become MPs is because they are sod all use at anything else; and becoming a Minister or Lord means they haven't learnt anything so can't be set loose in the real world again.
Nevertheless, Moonie, Ingram, Caplin and Ainsworth have all confirmed they are content with the level of deliberate waste in MoD so, yes, I'd say they have attained the necessary level of incompetence to become Lords. (One already is. Have a look at his list of Directorships).