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Old 23rd Feb 2011, 21:48
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wiggy
 
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But equally wouldn't want to see government palming off their own shortfalls on the industry.
Agreed. On TV this evening (Wednesday) the Foreign Secretary was saying
sending in military planes without permission would risk the safety of all those involved but it had not been ruled out.
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This didn't seem to stop the French Airforce getting two aircraft in and out Libya last night to rescue French nationals. Either our "special relationship" with Libya, negotiated by our former glorious leader, is worth diddly squat or perhaps there's a shortage of readily available UK military airlift assets?
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