I agree we have to set priorities - isn't that the job of our wonderful elected representatives ?
It is also their job to spend our money - and to do so wisely....
Neither of the major parties have done either of these things for a very long time
Now should they say your defence budget is C then it is the job of our leaders to say " in that case we can give you Y. Should you want 2X then the budget is 2Y "
But we are living in a fools paradise if for one minute we thought wow, we have saved three billion on this capability - we have three billion to spend on this. What will happen is it will be usurped by the pet project of the hour to win votes.
I do wonder how many votes the new carriers gained Gordy and whether or not it would have made more fiscal sense to say to all the voters - vote for me and I will give you a cheque for a thousand pounds tax free.....
It is just a shame that the Green Party are a bunch of fruit loops that I wouldn't trust to run a church fete stall as at the moment they are the only party I would vote for.