Originally Posted by
Easy Street
To the posters who blamed civil servants and desk jockeys for the speaking clock bill, you couldn't possibly be any further from the truth!
[Genuine question to any current mud-movers out there - is there really a "ban" and is anyone sticking up for your requirements against clueless bandwagon-jumping politicians?]
Steady on princess, first nobody is berating cs; criticism is against
MoD. Secondly, if there is an operational need for time reference against the speaking clock or otherwise then get it articulated in your Sqn's financial plan of requirement (or whatever current jargon we are using) same way as you do for fuel, kim wipe, postit notes, and anything else used to provide support. Better still get the MoD to budget for it centrally. That way, funny old thing, it will be properly costed and funded and won't appear in the papers as a story making the' MoD, by association cs and mil, look like a bunch of muppets spending money we ain't got. Simples.
Oh, and another thing - as the old Chinese proverb says "by the time you see the bandwaggon, it's too late to jump on"
Now, what time is it, I'm off to bed.