Sooooo, the loss of near (coastguard stations) and far (Nimrod), SAR co-ordination has thrown a enough of a wobbly for "Government and aerospace industry officials" to throw their anchor in and stop the modernisation process.
It would seem that callmedave and his coalition cronies have been somewhat naive in the ways of Whitehall and are about to receive their comeuppance on this and many other proposed budget restrictions.
As long as they don't touch foreign aid/EU etc etc
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