Ex‑defence minister Al Carns decries 'unbelievable' MoD waste
Al Carns resigned last week and said the Ministry of Defence is riddled with "unbelievable" waste and inefficiency, saying he was angered by the department's refusal to confront sunk costs in legacy programmes. Carns warned that entrenched sunk costs compel ministers to keep funding failing projects rather than cancelling them and redirecting money to modern capabilities. He called for cancelling or restructuring underperforming programmes before asking for more defence cash, arguing fiscal discipline must precede new spending commitments. That matters because procurement waste undermines military readiness and risks wasting taxpayers' money when government must choose between new equipment, personnel support, and other priorities.
"Al Carns is calling for national service" "Streeting is calling for new North Sea drilling" "Burnham is calling for tax cuts for pensioners" "Starmer is banning children from social media" These are all the same policy, from people who do not believe in power (soon they won't have to)
a pound of flax12now that PASOK is starting to un-PASOKify, someone else has to undergo PASOKification
danjac.eurosky.social7National Service is one of those key "we're not going to be in power for much longer, might be worth a punt for a favourable tabloid headline or two". Running joke since the days of Yes, Minister.
roterote6The north sea oil drilling one is so silly because it is purely a vibes based.
Unsanctioned Buffoonery (Dan)5If you govern on the back foot, you’ll always go backwards. Not that difficult to understand.
