Originally Posted by
The Old Fat One
Typed that four months ago on the last "defence-cuts-morphed-into-political-bun-fight" thread. Absolutely zilch has changed, so why waste keyboard life, when cut-n-paste says it all.
Another potentially game changing "constitutional process" vote coming up this week. Maybe a few tory mps find their cojones and remember they are elected to represent the views of their constituents and we can toss the whole thing - defence spending included - to Corbyn for a couple of years to sort out
The real danger there is that he does sort it out, but not in the way you might hope for. 'Peace Corps anyone? No need for FJ / AH if all you're doing is humanitarian relief' and hey presto you've sorted maintenance and manning out. Whilst invariably tempting as a strategic move to ensure long term the hard left never get in, like lending him votes for the initial leadership nomination, it's not without risk and is potentially a be careful what you wish for option.