Winco, You could do worse than force a Cameron answer to Flarkey's point -
Has anyone challenged Liam Fox over the comment in his leaked letter.... He said...
Deletion of the Nimrod MR4 will limit our ability to deploy maritime forces rapidly into high-threat areas, increase the risk to the Deterrent, compromise maritime CT (counter terrorism), remove long range search and rescue, and delete one element of our Falklands reinforcement plan.
How does that sit with Cameron's statement of August -
Attending a parade at the Royal Military Academy, Prime Minister David Cameron told troops and dignitaries the pending cuts would be challenging. "There will be difficult decisions ahead, but I will never forget that defense of the realm is the first duty of any government".