World Wide Words newsletter (Free subscription) | 06/02/2010
• A quote from a police inspector on the BBC News Berkshire site on 1st February was read by Jim Carr: “This was a particularly viscous robbery, however I would like to reassure residents there are ongoing inquiries.” And no risk of anybody coming to a sticky end. • At the start of the BBC Radio 4 World at One programme on Wednesday a clip was played of the delightfully named...
Lord of the Wing (Free subscription) | 05/02/2010
Tale Of The Tape KILMARNOCK…1 (Maguire 53) CELTIC…0 KILMARNOCK (4-4-2) Bell; Clancy (Kiernan 73), Ford, Pascali, Hay; Hamill, Bryson, Taouil (Sammon 64), Kelly; Kyle, Maguire (Severin 80) Subs not used: Robinson, Fowler, Invincibile, Old CELTIC (4-4-2) Tubby, Handy Andy (The Cad 30), Hair, Jos (Clubfoot 52), The Weasel (Broonie 73); Aiden (Y), Davie, Landry (Y), Kris; MAF, PSB Subs not...
GrogNews (Free subscription) | 05/02/2010
Y'know, Canada tried this , and decided it was a bad idea. Even now, they are 'unified' in name only and pretty much operate as distinct services. But the Brits are still considering the merger of their military into one structure . Combining the three armed forces could leave them resembling the US Marine Corps, which unites land, air and maritime forces under a single command. The future of the three...
Ghost of a flea (Free subscription) | 04/02/2010
Sir Jock Stirrup, who is not a P.G. Wodehouse character but Air Chief Marshal, said...
New Statesman (Free subscription) | 04/02/2010
Sir Jock Stirrup says merger of the three services should be debated
virtualreview: china|blogs (Free subscription) | 04/02/2010
Xinhua reports: A top British military official met on Wednesday with visiting Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ma Xiaotian, pledging to strengthen bilateral military ties. Jock Stirrup, Chief of the Defence Staff,...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 04/02/2010
It was a startling admission to make. The Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup, said it was "certainly plausible" that the RAF – which he was head of until 2006 – may cease to exist. Within minutes his admission was headline news on television, a graphic illustration of the massive cutbacks being faced by the British military.
Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 02/02/2010
Air chief marshal Sir Jock Stirrup said the then PM ignored warnings that more time was needed to prepare for the 2003 invasion.
belgianwaffle (Free subscription) | 01/02/2010
Catch on the radio one of those names you'd swear had been invented for a Python skit - Sir Jock Stirrup (our current head of the armed forces). * 18 texts or so for this run of Morse Solids plus 5 from the last series. Enough to collect something together. * Watch the second half of Mulholland Drive . Little the wiser.
Les Bonner (Free subscription) | 01/02/2010
“Sir Jock Stirrup’s comments demonstrate that Labour irresponsibly overstretched our forces and endangered the mission in Afghanistan,” said the Liberal Democrat Shadow Defence Secretary, Nick Harvey. Commenting on Sir Jock Stirrup’s evidence to the Iraq Inquiry, Nick Harvey said: “This is yet more evidence that the Government’s pursuit of this disastrous war recklessly...
Tory Rascal (Free subscription) | 01/02/2010
I’ve posted twice today about defence – first about Labour’s serious damage to the future of the Armed Forces, as the MOD finds itself saddled with £35bn of unfunded cost overruns. Then about Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup’s rightly harsh assessment of the Government’s procurement planning ahead of the Iraq war. Together, those are [...]
Egypt News (Free subscription) | 01/02/2010
Ministers were warned of a “serious risk” the military would not have all the equipment it needed to invade Iraq, the inquiry into the war has heard. Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup, the head of the armed forces, said defence chiefs “simply didn’t have enough time” to source everything they wanted. Click here for more details
A View from Middle England (Free subscription) | 01/02/2010
Tony Blair takes the biscuit, he really does. We now know that most of his warblings on Friday were a fine art of deception. He's deceived his own brain, it seems. Now it is the turn of Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup, the head of the armed forces to sit in on the Iraq Inquiry . He said defence chiefs "simply didn't have enough time" to source everything they wanted for the invasion of...
Seven Months of Hell (Free subscription) | 01/02/2010
Britain's top military commander admitted today that soldiers in Iraq were left without life-saving body armour and even proper boots and clothing because Tony Blair delayed authorising the war plans. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article7011086.ece
Tory Rascal (Free subscription) | 01/02/2010
Ok, the headline’s nothing surprising – back in 2002, Geoff Hoon refused to allow the MoD to purchase body armour before the invasion of Iraq, fearful that it would ‘give away’ Labour’s plans to tack on to GWB’s ego trip. Today the Chief of the Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup, gave evidence to [...]
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