TPG
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| posted on 27/2/07 at 06:27 PM |
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Save the Red Arrows..
Please sign the latest No10 petition(! ).Another round of cost cutting and attempting to destroy another great instition of this country.
HERE
Thanks,
Richard.
[Edited on 27/2/07 by TPG]
..Which was nice..
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britishtrident
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| posted on 27/2/07 at 06:45 PM |
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The defense budget is cut to the bone but better to spend what little money is given to the MOD on front line forces.
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TPG
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| posted on 27/2/07 at 06:49 PM |
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Fair point.But its things like the Red Arrows/White Helmets/Royal Art'y Show/Edingbough Tatoo etc etc that bring new blood into the forces and
present them in a good public light.
..Which was nice..
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darrens
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| posted on 27/2/07 at 06:51 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by TPG
Fair point.But its things like the Red Arrows/White Helmets/Royal Art'y Show/Edingbough Tatoo etc etc that bring new blood into the forces and
present them in a good public light.
v good point
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BenB
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| posted on 27/2/07 at 06:54 PM |
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I suspect a lot of people would prefer it if the entire MOD budget was spent on stuff like the Red Arrows rather than paying soliders to risk their
lives abroad just because Blair is Dubya's Shower-room gimpbitch....
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zxrlocost
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| posted on 27/2/07 at 07:13 PM |
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with the amount of money tax council tax VAT road tax petrol tax this money takes there should be no cost cutting
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James
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| posted on 27/2/07 at 07:29 PM |
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I was always under the impression that they were self funding.
We sold a lot of Hawk Trainers and probably other British Arms exports on the back of the Red Arrows- the tax on a few hundred millions worth of Hawks
to Saudi must pay for the use of them mustn't it?
Or is the plan to replace them with a more modern aircraft we can sell instead? Ie. still Red Arrows, but done with another plane?
Cheers,
James
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TPG
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| posted on 27/2/07 at 07:39 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by James
I was always under the impression that they were self funding.
We sold a lot of Hawk Trainers and probably other British Arms exports on the back of the Red Arrows-
This may be the case.But how often does ANY British goverment left or right of the line spend/reinvest money made from a given souce.I give the road
tax and petrol tax as a case in point.Its near to all our hearts.
If money collected was managed correctly,we would live in a far better place.I speak as a currently serving Civil Servent,(Runs for cover )
..Which was nice..
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snapper
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| posted on 27/2/07 at 08:14 PM |
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Now i should not be saying this what with who pays my limited wages with no pay rise for 2 years but instead of Ploughshear 2000 what about turning
nuclear subs into locost chassis?
Oh and keep the Red Arrows supream skill on my last trip past Scampton 2 arrows buzzed the airfield just above the fence line wing to wing...........
upside down Awsome.
I eat to survive
I drink to forget
I breath to pi55 my ex wife off (and now my ex partner)
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pjavon
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| posted on 27/2/07 at 08:49 PM |
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My god i'm in complete agreement with a civil servant
Joking aside i think this country needs to remember that its things like this that make us proud to be british, who hasn't seen them and come
away feeling good, if they were russian you'd think yeh they were o.k. but because there ours it makes you proud.
The way were going we'll have sod all left exept the telly in the corner of the front room and work.
Mind you if the goverment have there way none of us will be able to afford to go and watch them anyway.
Oh dear thats my rant over
Always keep a big hammer and a condom in your toolbox, if you can't fix it with the hammer
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mookaloid
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| posted on 27/2/07 at 11:08 PM |
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I signed 
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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