But in the case of the Gov't, I know that Labour, and Gordon 'the traitor' Brown (who should be hanged as the traitorous scumbag he is) are DIRECTLY responsible and culpable for the mess the whole country is in. But, I want to know which of the UK's Air Officers has allowed the RAF to fall into the desperate straits in which it now find itself. They should be sacked at best, prosecuted most likely. Why should they be allowed to escape their incompetence?
While I agree with the sentiments expressed, it is a simple fact that Labour were not in power when the policy was formulated (June 1987) and issued (Jan 1988) by AMSO to knowingly waste money on a scale that would make your eyes water. This deliberate waste was formally reported to PUS (Chief Accounting Officer) in Jan 1988 and June 1996 by MoD's own auditors.
Successive regimes, including Labour, have supported both the policy and those who actively and enthusiastically implemented it. The last five Ministers for the Armed Forces (Labour and Coalition) have been happy to condone these actions, in writing.
As for Gordon Brown, for all his faults he is the one senior politician to have condemned MoD, calling it a "citadel of waste". What puzzled me was his apparent refusal to do anything about it when he had the opportunity.
The Public Accounts Committee, by convention, is chaired by an Opposition MP; currently Margaret Hodge. (Which is why there is always shared blame in such matters, but it is also a self-healing arrangement). Again, successive versions have been vocal about waste, but as soon as the underlying cause and culprits are revealed to them, they mysteriously back off. This has happened again very recently. Why? It can only be to protect the guilty who, as you say, should be rotting in gaol.
Why gaol? Because by perpetrating this waste they MUST have breached the legal obligations they were under and made false written declarations - which is fraud.
But the same successive regimes have ruled that committing this fraud is NOT an offence in MoD. The facts are not denied by MoD. I have the letters with the signatures of all these decision makers, so the answer to "Who did it" (as well as "Who encouraged and protected them?") is well known.