Defence Green Paper Launch – Gordon Brown’s Delusions exposed
Bonkers
Two days ago we had Gordon Brown promising all sorts (Liquorice please) of things for the Defence Budget he had planned, he even repeated some of these to the House of Commons Liaison Commitee yesterday.
Why did Gordon Brown make these pronouncements when he obviously knows this country can’t afford them. It all comes down to him trying to big up Labour’s commitment to the Armed Forces which he has roundly ignored for the past 13 years and starved of money at every opportunity. His hatred of anything Tory blinds him to any sort of reality
Today we have the thoughts of minds a little less deluded than Bonkers Brown.
According to the Telegraph
The country can no longer afford to fund current operations in Afghanistan and all the equipment now on order for the Armed Forces, a Ministry of Defence green paper will make clear.
The Daily Telegraph has seen a copy of the paper, which will be published on Wednesday.
The stark admission from Bob Ainsworth, the defence secretary, will undermine Gordon Brown’s attempts to claim Labour is committed to big defence projects like the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carriers and the new fighters to fly from them.
In an attempt to put pressure on the Conservatives over defence spending, Mr Brown wants to fight the general election on a promise to keep those “big ticket” projects.
Independent defence analysts said that the state of the public finances mean such promises are simply not believable. The MoD green paper also accepts that cuts are inevitable.
“We cannot proceed with all the activity and preparation we currently aspire to while simultaneously supplying our current operations and investing in the new capacity we need,”
Now who should we believe Bonkers Brown or an MOD green Paper. I know who I believe.
Time for a Change.
Budget cuts ‘will leave Britain reliant on war allies’, MoD green paper says – Telegraph.
