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Old 28th Jan 2011, 14:45
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GrahamO
 
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Sure, I'll do that as soon as you turn up in every home in the country and explain why you and your colleagues have burned billions of pounds of investment to no gain.

FWIW I worked with the RAF on another white elephant called UNITER for about 10 years..... another project only worth half as billion, that was not quite ready before the UK didn't need it.

You cannot avoid the fact that Nimrod is 10 years late, billions over budget. Even Ford motor cars and the UAW are not that bad.

Claiming that the UK's interests are being damaged by a cancellation is understandable, but how much was our national interest damaged by the inability to get the platform working over a decade ?

Defining and purchasing stuff isn't really the strongpoint of any of the services.
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