[Margaret Pilkington]

I have looked at this article again, and can see nothing which details any loss of resources to the fighting troops.
When in power, the Labour government did not have a very good track record on providing our troops with adequate resources, resources which were safe and suitable for the job in hand.
And while you put the cuts at 20%, the article actually states that the cuts to the budget are to be between 10 and 20%.

Now I am not saying that I agree with any of this...but it does nothing for your argument to sensationalise the headlines by exaggeration.