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somehow, I'm not surprised
Feb. 13th, 2007 11:37 pmOur brilliant government have done it...again. *sighs*
For anyone who hasn't yet heard - it has been 'decided' that the Red Arrows cost too much money to run and are therefore they are going to be disbanded. Which, actually, isn't going to save them all that money - as the pilots, techs and planes will just be used elsewhere. and for better wording of this, a copy and paste of the details of the email my da forwarded -
(The RED ARROWS aerobatic squadron of the Royal Air Force brings huge pride and international prestige to the UK, but the Treasury bean-counters in our beloved Government want to axe the Reds to save a couple of shillings. The personnel, pilots and aircraft of the squadron are all capable of deployment elsewhere in the RAF, so the money really saved would be peanuts.
Cynics might observe that the move is a covert campaign to expunge from the public mind a potent and highly visible symbol of the very best of the Royal Air Force as an independent Air Arm of a United Kingdom giving up its identity to Europe...)
So if you live in Britain (unfortunately only people with homes in britain came sign) - click here http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/SaveTheReds/ to sign the petition to keep the reds.
I don't hate europe - before people start to think that - I don't hate Europe at all - I just don't think Britain becoming as full a member as it is intended will be as good as people have said - why? - because as it is? we're suffering
We don't have any of our own industries anymore - not really - there's a few still clinging on, but that's it - and the pound is the only thing that's keeping our economy going - if we get the Euro?? We are so screwed. It screwed enough of the countries that have now got it for that to be obvious. (so - no problem with europe - just a HUGE problem with our government *g*)
Plus - as a RAF brat - who spent a lot of her time close to one of the bases that the Reds frequented? I don't want to see them go.
For anyone who hasn't yet heard - it has been 'decided' that the Red Arrows cost too much money to run and are therefore they are going to be disbanded. Which, actually, isn't going to save them all that money - as the pilots, techs and planes will just be used elsewhere. and for better wording of this, a copy and paste of the details of the email my da forwarded -
(The RED ARROWS aerobatic squadron of the Royal Air Force brings huge pride and international prestige to the UK, but the Treasury bean-counters in our beloved Government want to axe the Reds to save a couple of shillings. The personnel, pilots and aircraft of the squadron are all capable of deployment elsewhere in the RAF, so the money really saved would be peanuts.
Cynics might observe that the move is a covert campaign to expunge from the public mind a potent and highly visible symbol of the very best of the Royal Air Force as an independent Air Arm of a United Kingdom giving up its identity to Europe...)
So if you live in Britain (unfortunately only people with homes in britain came sign) - click here http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/SaveTheReds/ to sign the petition to keep the reds.
I don't hate europe - before people start to think that - I don't hate Europe at all - I just don't think Britain becoming as full a member as it is intended will be as good as people have said - why? - because as it is? we're suffering
We don't have any of our own industries anymore - not really - there's a few still clinging on, but that's it - and the pound is the only thing that's keeping our economy going - if we get the Euro?? We are so screwed. It screwed enough of the countries that have now got it for that to be obvious. (so - no problem with europe - just a HUGE problem with our government *g*)
Plus - as a RAF brat - who spent a lot of her time close to one of the bases that the Reds frequented? I don't want to see them go.
