Today interview w. Gen Guthrie

[Countryman]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/listenagain/ram/today3_forces_20071108.ram

From Today at 7.30 an interview with General Lord Guthrie

About the setting up of the UK National Defence Association and the call for 3% of GDP funding for the forces.

Overstretch, etc

 

[chimera]

And front page BBC news:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7084303.stm

Daily Mail:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=492397&in_page_id=1770

Sky:

http://www.channel4.com/news/articl...g+boost+urged/1020092?intcmp=rss_news_itnnews

 

[Richard_Hannay]

Guthrie spoke well, but the UK NDA association website is just embarrassing and sends completely the wrong messages.

My prediction is that the UKNDA will be completely ignored and die unmourned in about 12 months time.

Stick with BAFF.