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Forum: Military Aviation
18th Aug 2019, 18:06
Replies: 970
Views: 326,678
Posted By Melchett01

I have to say Cummings worries me. Just as I get...

I have to say Cummings worries me. Just as I get a sense that McDonnell is the puppet master in Labour, I’m starting to wonder who is pulling the strings in Government. He would do well to remember...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Aug 2019, 16:06
Replies: 970
Views: 326,678
Posted By Melchett01

The Boris Dividend?

According to today’s Times, Dominic Cummings is trying to get the Tories onto an election footing so they can ‘leave the EU then smash Corbyn’. As part of this drive Cummings is looking to...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Sep 2018, 20:07
Replies: 970
Views: 326,678
Posted By Melchett01

Don’t be surprised, BREXIT is a nice ready made...

Don’t be surprised, BREXIT is a nice ready made excuse with which to conceal decades of under-investment, mismanagement, lack of strategic thinking and general incompetence in the running of Defence....
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Mar 2018, 19:49
Replies: 970
Views: 326,678
Posted By Melchett01

Jesus H Christ, does this man ever learn? ...

Jesus H Christ, does this man ever learn?

Let’s get rid of capability we never use. Like the CBRN Regiment? And just look how that turned out. Nimrod MPA? Clearly as an island nation we have no...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Mar 2018, 13:21
Replies: 970
Views: 326,678
Posted By Melchett01

What you've just said! We used to laugh at Air...

What you've just said! We used to laugh at Air Forces only getting tens of hours per year, Sqns and Regts whose paper capabilities far exceeded actual capabilities and politicians whose rhetoric was...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Nov 2017, 18:12
Replies: 970
Views: 326,678
Posted By Melchett01

Oh goody, here we go again. I thought it had...

Oh goody, here we go again. I thought it had been a while since that was asked.

For the same reason you need Police, Fire and Paramedics. They all do different things, have different...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Oct 2017, 10:16
Replies: 970
Views: 326,678
Posted By Melchett01

That's as may be, but there are major strategic...

That's as may be, but there are major strategic implications here, and not just militarily. The UK's image has the potential to unravel rapidly if we are not careful. We want to portray ourselves...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Oct 2017, 08:08
Replies: 970
Views: 326,678
Posted By Melchett01

Newsnight last night noted that adjustments - not...

Newsnight last night noted that adjustments - not cuts! - would be felt across all 3 services, with RW fleets in the Army and Navy cut back and F35 deliveries likely to be slowed down. The next...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Sep 2017, 12:49
Replies: 970
Views: 326,678
Posted By Melchett01

Unfortunately we live in a society, and are led...

Unfortunately we live in a society, and are led by a political class, which for the most part knows lots about cost but with little appreciation for value or understanding beyond the veneer of media...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Jun 2017, 17:46
Replies: 970
Views: 326,678
Posted By Melchett01

Potentially, maybe. Purdah, I believe is...

Potentially, maybe.

Purdah, I believe is now over and there's no change of government so it should be carrying on from where we left off. But of course, the Government is in a very different...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Mar 2015, 17:24
Replies: 970
Views: 326,678
Posted By Melchett01

Biggus, There is no irony, just further...

Biggus,

There is no irony, just further repeated examples that politicians and senior officers in the UK do not do 'strategic' joined up thinking. Instead they lurch from crisis to crisis,...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Mar 2015, 16:06
Replies: 970
Views: 326,678
Posted By Melchett01

Torque, Thanks for correcting the typo! ...

Torque,

Thanks for correcting the typo!

And rare as it is I agree with pr00ne, I do find myself almost bracing for impact already and we're only 2 days into the campaign. Will the last one to...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Mar 2015, 23:58
Replies: 970
Views: 326,678
Posted By Melchett01

Purdah starts today, 30 Mar 15, to coincide with...

Purdah starts today, 30 Mar 15, to coincide with the dissolution of Parliament.

I believe post election the party with the largest majority has 3 weeks to form a Government, which theoretically...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jan 2007, 20:41
Replies: 970
Views: 326,678
Posted By Melchett01

I believe it was 1939, but all the way through...

I believe it was 1939, but all the way through the 1930s everyone was saying exactly the same thing about the threat. And look where we ended up then.

The real question is not when the last time...
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