[Telegraph] Michael Fallon, the Defence Secretary, will say that the government must "sweat our buildings and land" to support the armed forces and balance the booksI wonder how this squares with UK gun control laws? :-)
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| 2015-10-19 |
| [Telegraph] Michael Fallon, the Defence Secretary, will say that the government must "sweat our buildings and land" to support the armed forces and balance the books I wonder how this squares with UK gun control laws? :-) |
| Posted by:Sven the pelter |
| #3 Actually the MoD is a feather bedded bunch of bureaucrats who get in the way of the Armed forces. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2015-10-19 08:06 |
| #2 The problem is financial. They [the UK] simply cannot afford to maintain a cradle-to-grave 'welfare state' and a strong defense establishment simultaneously. A similar dynamic is in play here in the States as well. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-10-19 05:32 |
| #1 Welcome to Euro-Socialism, the seeming Modele' for OWG NAU Amerika! OR T'WIS IT EURO-VS-RUSSO-SOVIETISM, NOT JUST SOCIALISM??? Will the UK = CANADA = weigh integrating its Armed Forces wid that of the US??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-10-19 00:27 |