Bob Ainsworth; new UK Defence Secretary
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This is the man who told an audience, a short while ago that he offered continuing condolence to the families of the crew lost on XV235, as the very aircraft taxied to a halt on return from an operational sortie!!!!!
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As I said on a previous post, I've met him, he's an arse.
Thank god he won't be in long if he does become SofS.
The lunatics have taken over, and continue to run, the asylum.
Sun.
Thank god he won't be in long if he does become SofS.
The lunatics have taken over, and continue to run, the asylum.
Sun.
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The PM has just said that Bob Ainsworth is highly regarded and liked among members of the Armed Forces. It clearly isn't members of the UK Armed Forces that I have been in for 22 years.
I second the comment from Sun Who....I have also met Bob Ainsworth and the man is an arse.
I second the comment from Sun Who....I have also met Bob Ainsworth and the man is an arse.
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The PM has just said that Bob Ainsworth is highly regarded and liked among members of the Armed Forces.
Both of them are living on another planet
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Ainsworth is an "Old Labour" nonentity, to make up the numbers in Brown's panic - Dumb too. Just watch him on TV trying to explain himself. Thick as the proverbial and another calculated Brown insult to our lads and lasses in the field.
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Eeeewww, too graphic, your poor missus !
AA
Eeeewww, too graphic, your poor missus !
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This from the Telegraph online TODAY:
Bob Ainsworth, the new Defence Secretary, won his first Cabinet post because of his experience overseeing Britain's military deployment in Afghanistan.
And worse:
As Armed Forces Minister, his no-nonsense manner has won him respect from the military.
Not sure what to say really.
Bob Ainsworth, the new Defence Secretary, won his first Cabinet post because of his experience overseeing Britain's military deployment in Afghanistan.
And worse:
As Armed Forces Minister, his no-nonsense manner has won him respect from the military.
Not sure what to say really.
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I've just listened to the PMs press conference where he stated proudly that Bob Ainsworth was highly respected and liked by the Generals and all of the Commanding Officers of the units in the British Military (or something close to that)
Would any current serving high ranking officer, general or CO like to comment on that please?
From what i can see, the man is a complete waste of oxygen.
Still, at worst, it will only be for a year boys and girls.
Winco
Would any current serving high ranking officer, general or CO like to comment on that please?
From what i can see, the man is a complete waste of oxygen.
Still, at worst, it will only be for a year boys and girls.
Winco
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Nooooo!!!
I've briefed him too and, to be frank, he came across as thick as a whale omlette. 
I wonder how his DV interview will go....
or are MPs even Rt Hon ones (therefore vetted??? given their clearances) above that sort of thing?
I wonder how his DV interview will go....
or are MPs even Rt Hon ones (therefore vetted??? given their clearances) above that sort of thing?
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Appalled as I am by Ainsworth's appointment, I found myself wondering who Brown could have chosen as a better option.
I found myself unable to identify a decent candidate from within Labour's ranks.
Who would you choose? Sensible suggestions only - unless they're amusing.
Sun Who
I found myself unable to identify a decent candidate from within Labour's ranks.
Who would you choose? Sensible suggestions only - unless they're amusing.
Sun Who
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Nothing wrong with being working class, everything wrong with pretending to be working class.
He looks particularly gormless with his mouth open when he is thinking about how to answer a question. Perhaps he should just keep it closed.
He looks particularly gormless with his mouth open when he is thinking about how to answer a question. Perhaps he should just keep it closed.
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Who would you choose? Sensible suggestions only - unless they're amusing.