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Old 29th Apr 2017, 17:17
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Hangarshuffle
 
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Still sign of any party manifestos yet, which actually surprises me. Got a flyer today from my sitting MP-no mention of defence at all. Her election is being fought on spending on schools/NHS/local hooligan issues. Its not a bad pitch actually, and she will walk it back in, I think. She is a good local MP-no mention of London /Westminster/ National politics at all (and I think that will eventually be a national strategy for her party).
To be fair to Labour post 1997 Melchett01, (with due help from a Conservative Govt in their previous Govt.) the Navy did sort of end up with a better Amphibious Force for a while under Labour. HMS Ocean, Albion, Bulwark plus the RFA Cardigan Bay, Lyme Bay and two others same type(I've actually forgotten both their names now - thanks BSE). That was a decent small expeditionary force which wasn't really sustained in upkeep, and is now much more fragmented in 2017. Maybe they tried to walk the walk for a while on a world stage......
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