Wider still and wider
James Rogers and James Hope update this children's classic:
Update: "In short, the government must adopt a Second Power Standard and maintain permanently the Royal Navy’s position as the world’s second strongest fleet." This seems to me rather a brave financial commitment - we'd certainly be in a bit of bother if the Chinese and Japanese got into a naval building war.
Update II: From the latest editorial. "Whatever the armed forces request, the government must grant. Firstly, instead of pressuring the British military to find £40 million worth of savings, the defence budget as a percentage of Gross National Income should be raised from just over two percent to three percent immediately, regardless of the Treasury’s need to find new money before the fiscal year ends." [My italics]. That's £11bn!
posted by Matthew @ 9/10/2006 09:05:00 PM
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