good post GD107.
Whatever it might look like to those still serving, seedcorn is a political fix. Something politicians and senior MOD bods can hang their hat on to be seen to doing something given the awkward reality that they have conjured up a capability gap in a maritime nation's security.
Whether it mutates into something better depends on...
a. Someone in power getting the message.
b. That someone having the budget to do something about it.
With regards to the latter, I refer you all to the latest OBR sustainability report, released just a couple of days ago.
That the would be the one predicting a growing deficit towards 2020, unless government expenditure is cut further or taxation is increased or both
It's probably best if we all live in the reality of the present. The RAF getting an MPA again is probably (never say never) not going to happen.
As I've said before, I would love to be wrong.
Last edited by The Old Fat One; 23rd Jul 2013 at 07:51.