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Originally Posted by cmonstanley
and to close down kinloss and lossiemouth is a strategic disaster.
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Strategic ? Hardly ! The Cold war is over & that was the main purpose of these locations to intercept Russian/Eastern Bloc aircraft (ask Barrie). Economic on the other hand I'd give you that as a valid comment. But even under your chosen party the cuts still would've happened, as the SDR was inevitable, due to funds having to be found to cover the expensive costs of the wars in Iraq & Afghanistan, in one case the aftermath & in another the continuing cost.
Need I remind you at whose behest the "British Military" went off to fight another foreign war ? Well it couldn't have come from anywhere else (the money) as Labour wouldn't want to upset their voters by removing payments & benefits now would they ? They needed to hold back funds to buy support.