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Troops withdrawn from Afghanistan after failing health and safety workplace assessment

‘If we’d known that soldiers weren’t being provided with the correct style of ergonomic chair or that the temperature in the workplace was so high, we’d have shut the place down in a jiffy.’

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Posted: Dec 10th, 2011
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MoD unveils Falklands ‘retirement villas’

binoculars 'thrown in'The MoD today announced plans for a huge, heavily fortified timeshare facility, overlooking the beaches and minefields of the popular Falkland Islands. The islands have never been so sought-after, and the British military are keen to promote its facilities to retiring members of the armed forces.

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Posted: Jun 19th, 2011
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British Armed Forces to be replaced by the A-Team

'there ain't no planes to get on, fool!'As part of budget cuts, the entire Ministry of Defence is to be dismantled and replaced by four soldiers of fortune sent to prison for a crime they didn’t commit.

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Posted: Sep 24th, 2010
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British Army sends Janet Street Porter to Kabul to ‘capture the zeitgeist’

'Don't you dare contradict me'The new elite force is to be parachuted into conflict areas with instructions to locate the hard-to-describe current national mindset and prevailing cultural mood.

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Posted: Jun 15th, 2007
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