I am staggered that you seem to hold Gordon Brown responsible for the state of the Nations Finances
Broon and his cronies (mandy etc) were squandering public money right up to the last minute of their term in what I view as financial sabotage...sure the world bankers screwed us as well (they still are btw).
Easy to blame cameron etc for cuts that I view as scandalous but Broon and co left us in dire straits financially.
As somebody else posted on one of the recent threads - MOD has not exactly helped by also squandering billions over the years.
I also do not believe that the reds are self financing (see TB's last post) and I never thought I would ever say that we should bin the reds - but our air force is now too small to retain a full time display team !!