UKIP has just done very well at council level
You have to feel sorry for them here in Oxon -
Labour: 16% of vote, 11/63 council seats
Lib Dem: 16% of vote, 11/63 council seats
Green: 9% of vote, 2/63 council seats
UKIP: 16% of vote, 0/63 council seats
(Conservative: 34% of vote, 31/63 council seats)
I have to say, sitting as I do on the fringes of the RAF and Army* as a VR(T) but working in a civilian job in the private sector, that I'm afraid I see staggering inefficiencies in the MOD. As a trivial example, white fleet coach hires come in at 70-80% more expensive than the civilian equivalents used by our school. Why? Because someone signed an inefficient contract? Because back-handers were given?
I'm not saying I have the answers: I don't, but the waste is very clear.
Tim
*PS in my post I actually deal more with the Army on logs and supply than with the RAF.