Thread: The 2010 General Election Thread: Week 2
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Old 15-04-2010, 23:02   #166
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Re: The 2010 General Election Thread: Week 2
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Originally Posted by Damien View Post
Not to convert you but I still wonder why you worry about their status on the Army because they want to increase their pay to public sector levels, spend trident money on conventional forces, and they wouldn't have sent people to Iraq.

Anyway I agree Brown has lost this debate. He just doesn't get involved.
How big will the armed forces be though on this higher pay? It's like saying "We're going to increase nurses' pay, but we're also going to get rid of 1/3 of them"

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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
A brief interlude for a spot of tittle-tattle and knockabout nonsense. Here's a photo of Gordon Brown's next-door neighbour back home in Fife, with the latest addition to his front garden:



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politi...nd/8623543.stm
Wouldn't it be hilarious for Brown to lose his seat?
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