UK Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox has been forced into an apology for the poor soundtrack to the current Afghan and Libyan conflicts. ‘People look back on the Vietnam war and remember the great soundtrack but forget all the bad stuff’ he explained. ‘One of the biggest problems faced by our forces today in Afghanistan and Libya is the low availability of good music.’
Posted: May 28th, 2011
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Faced with budget cuts and the prospect of a resurgent Taliban with revenge attacks from Al-Qaeda, the British Army in Afghanistan has proposed an innovative and cheap way of protecting its soldiers – the immediate painting of green or blue cycle lanes across all strategic flashpoints in Helmand and Kandahar provinces.
Posted: May 17th, 2011
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The Army has apologised after 38 soldiers learned they were losing their jobs after receiving a personalised e-card from Moonpig.com. Worse still, an attempt at humour saw a number of sacked soldiers receive cards showing someone waving two fingers at them.
Posted: Feb 15th, 2011
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Effort was being undermined by confusion about the rationale for the family’s continued involvement in the annual visits.
Posted: Dec 24th, 2010
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As part of his plans for a ‘Big Society’ Prime Minister David Cameron today revealed a timetable for the final handover of all essential services to charities and private organisations by 2014.
In a press conference statement he outlined plans for the final transition of power for key public services, describing the government’s eleven week campaign against crime, poverty and poor education as an ‘unsustainable drain on public spending’.
Posted: Jul 23rd, 2010
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