re: Strategic Defence Review: MoD budget cuts of 8% by 2015
 

personally i think it's politics at it's best ,i think cameron has played an ace here ,from a ratings point of view anyway .I don't think the government ever had any intention of cutting MOD spending by more than 10% at all and "super Cam " has rode in and saved the day with his "personal intervention",he's the boss and don't anyone forget it

re: Strategic Defence Review: MoD budget cuts of 8% by 2015
 

The Military don't need money, the MoD does. It's the MoD's budget that's been cut, provided they spend the money that they have wisely there's no reason why the Military (or anybody else for that matter) should suffer.

The trick is that the higher ups should now be seeing this as a positive thing, they can use the required cuts to drive efficiences (rather than simply slashing expenditure across the board without any thought) and deliver a better service to the public and to the Armed Services.

re: Strategic Defence Review: MoD budget cuts of 8% by 2015
 

:tu:

http://registrar.berkeley.edu/Regist.../feesched.html

Note those fees are per semester, and also note the extra nearly $23,000 a year for non-residents of California. Note California, not non-residents of the United States. You can see how comparing UK fees versus the resident fees, which is what was done, is flawed. Over 25% of Berkeley's intake are non-residents.

Harvard's intake is from all over and tuition is on the order of $34,000 / year.

Including private universities soon skews things.

re: Strategic Defence Review: MoD budget cuts of 8% by 2015
 

I suspect you are uncomfortably too close to the truth Martyh.

This smacks of a forced knee jerk reaction to recent comments by Clinton and Petraeus and a rather conveniently leaked memo.

Another shining example of the "special relationship".

re: Strategic Defence Review: MoD budget cuts of 8% by 2015
 

Firstly, the posting l put was on Sky News, if people watch it, they would have seen it.

And if forum team want to leave this forum l will, l don't need people to take the mick, the article was on SKY.

re: Strategic Defence Review: MoD budget cuts of 8% by 2015
 

Why would the forum team want to leave the forum, Arthur?

re: Strategic Defence Review: MoD budget cuts of 8% by 2015
 

then you should post a link to sky news thusly ..

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Pol...ss_Than_10_%25

this is achieved by copying the address in the address bar at the top of your browser and pasting into your message box

or you can do it this way sky link by using the insert link feature in this message box

it's very simple to do and will save a lot of frustration from other members

re: Strategic Defence Review: MoD budget cuts of 8% by 2015
 

If you seriously intend the people on this WEBSITE to discuss your issue, then you should find them a WEBSITE where they can read up on it, rather than simply hoping we were all watching Sky News at the same time you were.

It really is not difficult to use GOOGLE or any other search engine you choose, in order to find a link to an online version of the story.

re: Strategic Defence Review: MoD budget cuts of 8% by 2015
 

I have had a bad day, and l have been told that my job is on the line, if the budget cuts hit my industry.

re: Strategic Defence Review: MoD budget cuts of 8% by 2015
 

got a link for that ?

sorry couldn't resist :D

welcome to the rest of the world

re: Strategic Defence Review: MoD budget cuts of 8% by 2015
 

I'm sorry to hear that, however as Marty has just pointed out, you're in good company.

Be under no illusions Arthur, the current Government is simply clearing up the mess left behind by 13 years of debt-fuelled Labour madness. They are no more to blame for this than your school nurse was to blame for foul-tasting medicine.

re: Strategic Defence Review: MoD budget cuts of 8% by 2015
 

thankyou.

It may now be possible to discuss the MOD budget cuts in particular, rather than having the topic lumped in with a general diatribe against the new coalition government.

I'm, personally, in favour of drastically reviewing the defence budget in isolation from the overall deficit.

This is because I believe we should be taking a very hard look at our role in NATO & how the current procurement process matches that role.

The Trident issue is one item in that process, the proposed new aircraft carriers are another.

Both these items include major implications related to our liaison with the United States of America - which is why I don't think the topic belongs only in a general 'budget cutting' paradigm.

re: Strategic Defence Review: MoD budget cuts of 8% by 2015
 

Yep....me too (and I imagine a good many other people on this forum).

re: Strategic Defence Review: MoD budget cuts of 8% by 2015
 

Well no. The current government is responsible for how they implement these cuts, what is cut, and how much is cut. It's perfectly fair to call them out on their decisions.

re: Strategic Defence Review: MoD budget cuts of 8% by 2015
 

True, and it is also fair to call out those who comment from the position of the 'luxury of opposition' ... or who otherwise have no actual responsibility or obligation to create and manage a comprehensive budget.

It's very easy to disagree with any one aspect of a budget, especially at a time when huge cuts are necessary. It's quite another to propose viable alternatives, taking into account the knock-on effect on other aspects of that budget.