Dear All
In recent years the Territorial Army has been active in many wars, namely in Afghanistan and Iraq. The Territory Army is made up of volunteers who do part time soldiering which supplements the regular forces in war and in peacetime.
The Labour Government had recently decided to cut Territorial Army training for six months because of budget difficulties of £20 million.
Such an announcement would have placed lives in danger; you can’t train for war on the cheap or fight it as the Labour Government in Westminister seems to think.
SNP Westminster Leader and Defence spokesperson Angus Robertson MP has led calls for the cuts to be abandoned immediately, in order to protect lives.
Across the political divide the Labour Government move has been condemned and the public as well have reacted badly to such news.
Now the UK Government has been forced into a partial climb down and limited TA training will be allowed to take place.
One night a month!
This is still unacceptable in my opinion.
Gordon Brown can climb down even further and restore the budget.
Lives are at stake!
The TA are much more than the ‘weekend warriors’, they are portrayed as, at present 500 territorial officers are operational in Afghanistan risking their lives.
We have already an incompetent as Defence Secretary in Bon Ainsworth so why add to the burden of serving soldiers?
There are numerous things to cut like Trident, an expensive never to be used white elephant so that some small people can feel important.
While Gordon Brown struts about the world trying to be important, TA soldiers will be dying so he can get his photo ops.
People should protest this to the Ministry of Defence and write to their MPs to keep this issue alive and in the public domain.
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
In recent years the Territorial Army has been active in many wars, namely in Afghanistan and Iraq. The Territory Army is made up of volunteers who do part time soldiering which supplements the regular forces in war and in peacetime.
The Labour Government had recently decided to cut Territorial Army training for six months because of budget difficulties of £20 million.
Such an announcement would have placed lives in danger; you can’t train for war on the cheap or fight it as the Labour Government in Westminister seems to think.
SNP Westminster Leader and Defence spokesperson Angus Robertson MP has led calls for the cuts to be abandoned immediately, in order to protect lives.
Across the political divide the Labour Government move has been condemned and the public as well have reacted badly to such news.
Now the UK Government has been forced into a partial climb down and limited TA training will be allowed to take place.
One night a month!
This is still unacceptable in my opinion.
Gordon Brown can climb down even further and restore the budget.
Lives are at stake!
The TA are much more than the ‘weekend warriors’, they are portrayed as, at present 500 territorial officers are operational in Afghanistan risking their lives.
We have already an incompetent as Defence Secretary in Bon Ainsworth so why add to the burden of serving soldiers?
There are numerous things to cut like Trident, an expensive never to be used white elephant so that some small people can feel important.
While Gordon Brown struts about the world trying to be important, TA soldiers will be dying so he can get his photo ops.
People should protest this to the Ministry of Defence and write to their MPs to keep this issue alive and in the public domain.
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
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