Chug is quite right to raise the independent MAA issue. It is not thre4ad drift on a thread essentially discussing funding and how it is (mis)spent.
The gross and deliberate waste of money, which led to the "black hole" and hence the problems being discussed here, is also what caused the airworthiness failings. All these issues are inextricably linked. Not to appreciate that is to be as badly stove-piped as MoD.
Nor do most here appreciate the simple fact that both "sides" are actually complaining about the actions of the same few VSOs. Chug does.