BAE shambles
Oliver Kamm says that it has turned Britain into a banana republic.Over at Tim Worstall's, there is a comment by David Gillies, who argues that without the arms sales to Saudi Arabia that are believed to be behind Tony Blair's intervention, Britain would not be able to build its new aircraft carriers. I can't work out what he means - the deal with the US over the JSF seems more important (though even there we could have bought French plane) - perhaps it's to do with BAE's revenue or something like that.
It's hard to find a good word for the decision, but Tony Blair's biggest fan, Mike (who I sometimes think might be a spoof), has a go in the Harry's Place comments.
An awful lot have tosh has been talked about this decision. As soon as heard about I thought it was great news; it has saved tens of thousands of working class jobs now and in the future, and it would have been a potentially devastating blow in Iraq and the future of the war on terror, all for prosecuting some long gone officials.
Can anyone here justify how they could possibly have been against the decision to drop this far too long running inquiry into a few bribes to Saudi officials, of all people?
Posted by Mike at December 15, 2006 03:18 PM
posted by Matthew @ 12/16/2006 10:12:00 AM
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