The UK is losing about 2 Chinooks a year at the moment. It has just ordered 22 over 10 years . ( Note they will turn up when the US is willing to defer the ones its ordered from Boeing. ) That's loss replacement rate - and doesn't even cover the..
Topics: 22 Chinooks, Afghanistan, Defence cuts, Gordon Brown, Labour lies, Lies, Spin

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There are times when I wish the radio was more like a telephone. This morning when a left wing ( perhaps closet Marxist ? ) economist was on radio 4's today program talking about how great Gordon Brown destroying the country's future for the next.
Topics: Labour, The disaster

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I'm sure all parties will spin the choice at the next election better than this, but it ultimately comes down to the axe vs the tax. Labour are appearing to go for mostly tax. That national insurance hike, although painful, is just the first swallow..
Topics: General election, PBR, The Pre Budget Report

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I have no time for the whining of Sir Hugh Orde about having to answer to the public for the service they pay for and require him to carry out. The police have been massively politicised by New Labour and infiltrated by equality groups and more sinister..
Topics: Common Purpose, Politicised police, The Police

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Labour have, yesterday with the Queens speech, confirmed their intention of campaigning for themselves and not governing up to the general election. Amongst the most obscene tricks they are trying to pull off are the raft of "Canute Laws",...
Topics: King Canute, The narrative

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