Man in a Shed: What is the MOD responsibility to the political careers of politicians ?

Monday, December 14, 2009

What is the MOD responsibility to the political careers of politicians ?

I only ask as I spent a while yesterday looking over the No 10 pictures of Gordon's desperate visit to copy Cameron in Afghanistan yesterday, and to out do him by being very very brave a sleeping there. I was looking for the usual school photo antics that the lads tend to get up to when Gordon visits these days, but no signs this time on those photos - that I saw.

I was looking for a repeat of the 'cyclops' tank exercise in Iraq that Dizzy picked up on.

Now there are rumours that a Selly Oak style refusal to be civil amongst military personnel has been suppressed.

Should the MOD be involved in such political spin ?

Lets see what comes out in the media over the next 24 hrs.

PS I really hate the way Labour PM's act like they are head of state with the armed forces.

1 comment:

Letters From A Tory said...: I think the Selly Oak story about soldiers refusing to shake hands with the PM managed to get some airtime in the blogosphere recently, but haven't got a link yet!; 9:55 am

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