Leon,
Perhaps this is all part of the grand redundancy master plan. The spinners can't wait to suggest that each serviceman will soon benefit to the tune of £25,000
each. I don't suggest any beneficiary is more or less worthy than the next, but shouldn't helping Felix with decompression be a role of the MoD, and not the bankers, 'taut' or not?
Felix Fund – The Bomb Disposal Charity | Supporting bomb disposal experts
Felix deserves more post op help than most, of course it does. But how offensive is the implication that the state seems to consider that those injured or suffering as a result of serving should be reliant on charity and handouts, and not the state? No wonder the troops feel undervalued. Stop making the troops beg Gideon.
Then you wouldn't have to make such undermine your office further with embarrassing statements like this and maybe we'd
all feel better.