Jan 07 2007
The collapse of the armed services
It is shocking
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John Redwood has been the Member of Parliament for Wokingham since 1987. First attending Kent College, Canterbury, he graduated from Magdalen College...
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Any chance of spending money on equipment to keep them alive? We are fighting in two war zones and the Tories seem to be worried about dirty bathrooms.
How many more British soldiers need to die in those “Snatch” death traps?
Steve McClaughlin(sp?) author of Sqaddie infers that tiredness among drivers is causing many of the RTA’s in Iraq and Afghanistan. Our army is overstretched in two war zones at least one of which we have no business being in. More soldiers, better equipment and out of Iraq. Let them fight it out among themselves.
The fear of not getting a foot on the ladder on the housing market is a symptom of the fact that we have come to expecthouse prices are going to rise forever faster than inflation. This is not only undesireable, since it attracts investment which in a stable society would go into shareholding, it is ultimately unsustainable. Nothing can rise faster than the average forever.
In fact the rise in house prices is entirely due to government & local government regulations which prevent housebuilding. Technicaly there is no reason why houses, which a century ago cost as much as cars, should now cost much more.
Perhaps one option would be to give a legal right to anybody who leaves the army, to build a house, except on greenbelts or national parks, on 1/6th of an acre without seeking planning permission. This would give them a right we should all enjoy, greatly improve army morale & put a wedge in a door we might all someday hope to open.