Why do people complain about armed forces, mention how its a disgrace to them, and how the government have no clue what they are doing and its a waste of cash.
These contracts are nothing more than old governments proping up the economy in a bad why by ploughing billions into defence companies on projects that often aren't needed, or are MASSIVELY over priced and a complete waste of money.
If someone tells you, you can buy cheaper aircraft, that are better, provide a better service and cost a lot less to run and will save you billions in the long run, you'd ignore it because someone already wastefully built these, wasting more money is the answer to fix wasting less money, fail to see the logic in that.
This is ignoring the questions about if we really require an entire fleet of aircraft burning fuel 24/7 to keep a closer eye on our own people.
Counter terrorism, sorry but a fleet of aircraft isn't going to stop one guy blowing up a bomb. Catching large scale movement of armed forces, sure, one guy with a bomb in his backpack, nope.
Labour's great plan, we need jobs, and our friends in the defence companies need something to build to make them loads and loads of money. Step 1, continue scaremongering in the press/speaches and persuade the public a way to continually monitor everything from the air will somehow protect them. Step 2, send in a massive order for these aircraft, ignoring the debt, the deficit, and the continued long term cost of running these aircraft on a yearly basis, step 3, just keep spending, leave it to the other side to bring the country under financial stability, take the blame for all the cut backs and Labour and all their very very rich defence minstry friends in their new director jobs at the companies who built parts for the planes are all very happy years later.
War is a business, 1st world countries profit from wars and prop up economies on defence spending, none of that means any of it is required.
What would actually be great, or hilarious maybe, would be for Conservatives to just call for public voting, we spend 800billion a year, but can only afford 600 billion spending, you decide what we cut to get spending under control.
1/ heathcare, 2/ police 3/ reconnaissance planes we've lived without before hand and really don't NEED for anything that cost billions a year to run 4/benefits
unfortunately 4/benefits the vote wouldn't get a majority due to the number of people on benefits, and the fact that getting rid of them would leave 1/10th of the population homeless and starving.
