ARmy Rumour SErvice

Originally Posted by BedIn

It's pretty much the same as in Afghan.

That's the job. Don't like it, get another.

Or, of course, wait to be made redundant...

I'm not disputing that the job requires it, just that it would be nice if there were some admission of incompetence and financial recompense from G4S to Forces Charities.

Just saying like.

Originally Posted by BarryChocolate

Currently being reported on the sky news twitter feed.

@SkyNewsBreak: Harriet Harman: Armed forces should get £500 bonus for guarding the Olympic games

Er... so 3,500 extra Armed Forces personnel £500 each....that's what? £1,750,000 to the bill?

Is the Labour party going to search around the back of the couch then? This was their idea in the first place.

Thought we were broke, that's why the government was sacking everyone?

Originally Posted by Boumer

Er... so 3,500 extra Armed Forces personnel £500 each....that's what? £1,750,000 to the bill?

Is the Labour party going to search around the back of the couch then? This was their idea in the first place.

Thought we were broke, that's why the government was sacking everyone?

less Tax & NI it'd cost little more than half of that in practice. But it would get some decent PR for what is ultimately the result of a Govt failure to monitor suppliers or address the risk when they added 13500 bodies to the requirement late last year.

£1M when they are spunking 40 times that on ceremony and £13Bn overall is nowt

Originally Posted by MoistVelvet

The irony is that whilst the army are being called in to sort G4S's mess out there will be quite a few infantrymen with the same level of education and ability to speak, read and write English.

A big difference in your poor comparison:

The Army has the ability, structure & experience to address & improve individuals educational requirements & needs.

G4S only care if you breath, stand & walk..

Originally Posted by beemer007

A big difference in your poor comparison:

The Army has the ability, structure & experience to address & improve individuals educational requirements & needs.

G4S only care if you breath, stand & walk..

Are the last two prerequisites? Sitting and kipping seem to be a large part of their role

Originally Posted by billybongo

Are the last two prerequisites? Sitting and kipping seem to be a large part of their role

G4S or RLC?

Trainees finally get their uniforms

Seems to me that the default setting for any cock-up in this country is to call in the forces, shouldn't the default setting for a civilian organisation be to arrange staff for an event in a timely fashion, or isn't 7 years long enough to organise this simple task, oh, sorry, it's not a simple task, but still, 7 years must be plenty of time to organise a complex task