If the batch one River's are to go, I wonder if the SFPA fancy a couple to augment the Jura's?

After the debates last night there was This Week. I nearly fell off the chair when Michael Portillo, an ex Conservative Minister of Defence, said that in his view that as funds were very tight Trident System should not be renewed and the saved money spent on upgrading our conventional forces. I thi...

After the debates last night there was This Week. I nearly fell off the chair when Michael Portillo, an ex Conservative Minister of Defence, said that in his view that as funds were very tight Trident System should not be renewed and the saved money spent on upgrading our conventional forces. I thi...

Or there is an alternatively theory. BAE seem to have a monopoly on most (if not all) MOD contracts, meaning they can charge what they like and the MOD has to pay. I think having what amounts to sole source procurement doesn't help matters, but sufficiently robust procurement contracts by the MoD w...

As the fifth largest defence budget in the world, we should be getting far more for our money, it's not happening, why? I'm no expert, but I think that one major contributing factor is that we seem to have a self-perpetuating problem where major procurements are estimated to cost significantly less...

SKB wrote:Please delete your account if you vote Green.

The problem with the Green Party is that as an organisation it has done more than most to ensure that that legitimate environmental concerns remained on the political fringe for as long as possible.

I managed... 96% Labour Economic, Environmental, Healthcare, Social, Foreign Policy and Education issues. 91% Liberal Democrat Economic, Environmental, Healthcare, Social, Foreign Policy and Education issues. 87% Green Economic, Environmental, Healthcare, Social, Transportation and Immigration issue...