It is a singular irony that the Conservative government’s oft-stated affection for “our brave men and women in uniform,” and its relative eagerness to deploy them (as evidenced again by the announcement Tuesday of a training mission to Ukraine), has been accompanied by an almost peerless incompetence in the procurement of the major hardware the military requires to do its job.
Combine this with a botched veterans file, courtesy of the former minister, and you have a serious credibility gap. It’s something no governing party, let alone a pro-military one, could let stand heading into an election. Which is why there …read more
Source: National Newswatch
