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The difficulty with using the TA is the impact on the economy of employers losing 3,500 staff at short notice.
This part time nature of TA membership and the impact on businesses of using it at a serious level, also casts doubt on the achieveability of the MoD’s plan to double its size and use it more intensively in theatres of war, with the new slimmed down army.
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For Argyll does not remove published comments and our pre-publication monitoring can be readily seen to uphold freedom of speech. - First Minister’s choice not to condemn mob behaviour proves Farage point
I can say categorically that, as a matter of policy, not one of us ever touch those buttons – to add or to subtract.
And I know we have not.
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Simple answer – lack of any political intelligence or strategic capability.
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Scotland is clearly happy with its own lunatic fringe.
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I don’t suppose I’m the only one to wonder what will happen in future when our army has been cut by another 20,000. Say, for example, another foot and mouth outbreak coinciding with our forces being fully committed to another of the vanity wars which seem to have become a rite of passage for our recent prime ministers. Shudder.
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I do understand why officers of the British Army have to used to provide security at the Olympics. Surely members of T A could beused at a fraction of the cost.
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The difficulty with using the TA is the impact on the economy of employers losing 3,500 staff at short notice.
This part time nature of TA membership and the impact on businesses of using it at a serious level, also casts doubt on the achieveability of the MoD’s plan to double its size and use it more intensively in theatres of war, with the new slimmed down army.
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