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Old 22nd Nov 2010, 13:22
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Biggus
 
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There is no decision to be reversed regarding Lossiemouth! All that has been formally announced (decided?) is that Kinloss is NO LONGER REQUIRED as an RAF base, and that 2 other bases will go. Which two RAF bases is likely to be announced in the spring....


Therefore Lossiemouth, Leuchars, Marham, Wittering, etc are running campaigns to save the base on the belief that they are vulnerable to closure. I don't know what the local impact of closure is in the majority of cases, but in the case of Lossiemouth, with Kinloss already going (if an Army unit doesn't move in) the impact on the Moray economy would be devestating - apparently the impact (% wise) would be the equivalent of losing 700,000 jobs in the London area (presumably inner and outer London). I'm only passing on that statistic, and can't vouche for its accuracy!
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