I suspect that the Rt Hon member for Kirkcaldy has you so delicately put has left the UK deeply in the poo, not just the NHS but as you assert AirTanker as well. If the deal has been as badly negotiated as the NHS PFI deals you will need to pray if we go to war again, but as usual HM Forces will set to and deal with it. Pity he can't be charged with Treason for the ultimate penalty but I want to see his entrails hanging on a pike on London Bridge.