[lit-ideas] Re: YesMinisterology
- From: Judith Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 21:26:55 +0100 (BST)
The BBC paragraph's a bit muddled, isn't it?
Yes, David. 2 new aircraft carriers, one of which will be mothballed, no
planes. (No planes in time.) It seems building the carriers is less expensive
than cancelling them...
Judy Evans, Cardiff
--- On Tue, 19/10/10, David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: YesMinisterology
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, 19 October, 2010, 19:24
From the BBC:
BBC defence correspondent Caroline Wyatt said the decision to decommission the
Ark Royal immediately and axe the UK's force of Harrier jump jets meant that,
until at least 2019, no planes would be able to fly from the new aircraft
carriers.Shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy described the arrangement as
"peculiar" and "driven by finance".
[To elaborate: Britain will have two new aircraft carriers...but, if I have
understood correctly, no planes to fly on/from them].
David Ritchie,Portland, Oregon
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