Britain's Defence Squeeze ON NOW Channel 4

[dervish]

Well said MSOCS.




Thought C4 did a good job in the limited slot.

[Sandy Parts]

Second the above.
Re ex-mil standing for election - perhaps we cannot stomach the necessary sacrificing of beliefs for the sake of 'party'? I'd guess the majority of us are too outspoken to survive in the modern political system? (I often have to bite my tongue in a normal civvy job - let alone dealing with some of the characters you'd no doubt meet as an MP ) Good luck to those that do stand but the phrase "a voice in the wilderness" springs to mind.

[gr4techie]

Just watched the programme on the 4OD website.

My favourite part is when the Scottish MP Angus Robertson went into a hissy-fit saying the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov even had someone walking around in a fancy dress Santa outfit. How dare they !

And a former MI officer described Colonels as little minions. If a Colonel is a little minion, what does that make me?

[melmothtw]

And a former MI officer described Colonels as little minions. If a Colonel is a little minion, what does that make me?

I think that was the point gr4 - we have so many senior officers that Colonels are effectively being turned into dogs-bodies.

[MSOCS]

I think that was the point gr4 - we have so many senior officers that Colonels are effectively being turned into dogs-bodies.

Quite Melmothtw. The UK military rank distribution is less pyramidal in shape and more trapezoidal.