New Ministers

[BEagle]

My understanding is that the new coalition government have a markedly less sandaholic attitude to defence requirements and accept that the UK should be thinking beyond the current obsession with Afghanistan.....

So there are no sacred cows or preserved budgets; everything will be up for scrutiny.

And about time too.....

[Squirrel 41]

BEagle....

Would love to say you're right but I doubt it - Trident is unlikely to have more than a more cursory glance, and I think that CVF will make it. Things like FSTA PFI nonsense is going to bleed the RAF until we in effect nationalise AirTanker in the same way as that arch-socialist Boris Johnson nationalised the Tube Lines PFI provider.

Doom and gloom would be a great result under these circumstances.

S41

[Union Jack]

..... and I think that CVF will make it

..... and I think that Robathan's father is/was a Captain RN sub-specialised as a pilot ....

Jack

[Blacksheep]

Well I never called it that either, but as one gets older, one gets more polite...