Defence Secretary’s stance on Strategic Defence Review abandons logic
Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox, in an interview today (13th June 210) has said of the Strategic Defence Review – rightly: ‘If you’re going to have a review, you have a review. You don’t rule ‘X’, ‘Y’ or...
View ArticlePensions review: the problem with Labour’s John Hutton
The row over former Labour minister John Hutton doing the Pensions Review for the coalition Government has overlooked the fact that he is – John Hutton.That’s the problem.Calling him a ‘collaborator’...
View ArticleIndependent Review of evidence in 1994 Kintyre Chinook crash to be held in...
Why does good news have to be tempered by the sort of news that makes one suspect that it may not be good news at all?It is now anticipated that judge, Lord Philip, who retired from the Scottish bench...
View ArticleJim Mather acts on private hearing of Independent Review of Evidence on 1994...
Argyll’s MSP and Scottish Government Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism, Jim Mather, has taken action on the intent to hold in private the otherwise welcome Independent Review of Evidence on...
View ArticleDefence Secretary names review panel for 1994 Chinook Mk2 crash in Kintyre
Defence Secretary, Dr Liam Fox, today named the members of the panel established to review the evidence in the 1994 crash of a Chinook Mk2 on the Mull of Kintyre.Lord Philip, a Scottish judge who...
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Was there ‘a review’? Was it ‘strategic’? What ‘defence’ was at issue?
One national newspaper yesterday quoted a description given by a senior witness to the inner negotiations around the Defence budget. He described the situation as ‘… like a knife fight in a steamed-up...
View ArticleResigned: Defence Secretary’s finest moment was clearing Kintyre Chinook...
Defence Secretary, Dr Liam Fox, has resigned following continuing controversy over his judgment in allowing a personal friend to become, unofficially, part of his professional ministerial...
View ArticleBestest friends shack up at Dunvotin’
Well, it’s all over. September 18th has come and gone. It was 50%+1 for Indy. Tom Farmer reckons he was the magic ‘+1′. After all the money he spent making up everyone else’s mind, he has to be...
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