Originally Posted by LJ
We should have kept either Brawdy and/or Chivenor and given Anglesey to the Free Welsh Republic
Was exactly my argument at the time. Good access to LFA7 and Pembrey (happy days), but the Viet Taff won on political grounds. The locals did nothing but complain about the "Occupying Forces of the Island of Anglesea" then as soon as there was a wiff of closing Valley it was all "Oh, you can't do that, the local economy would collapse", "Typical London decision to close bases in Wasles" etc.