To put it all in context, and to prove what a mad world we live in, consider this;
NPAS need to save 14%. Or, to carry on with the existing operating model, raise another £4.5M per annum.
£4.5M buys you one crap premier league footballer.
The new premier league TV rights deal could pay the deficit in 8 hours!!!
The MOD this week announced it is spending £860M on designing, (not building) the new type 26 warships!!!
The MOD this week announced it is spending £300M on a maintenance hub at RAF Marham, (in Norfolk, which won't have a police helicopter to protect it)!!!
£4.5m is a drop in the ocean. £225,000 per base. Surely it can be found somewhere. Corporate sponsorship? Charity donations? Time we started to think outside the box.