Brownie at PMQ’s – Gordon Brown economical with Truth shock
on Nov 12, 2009 in Brownies Gordon Brown Afghanistan Obama PMQ's White House The Press and Journal reports that the White House last night dismissed suggestions by Gordon Brown that President Barack Obama was close to announcing a decision on the deployment of more troops to Afghanistan. In the Commons, Mr Brown told MPs th...

Two more Soldiers killed over the Weekend
on Nov 9, 2009 in Afghanistan Deaths Whilst I was lazing about and enjoying my hard won freedom, two more soldiers were killed over the weekend. The MOD has these reports It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that a soldier from 4th Battalion The Rifles (4 RIFLES)...

WO1 Darren Chant, Sgt Matthew Telford, Guardsman James Major, Cpl Steven Boote and Cpl Nicholas Webster-Smith killed in Afghanistan
on Nov 6, 2009 in Afghanistan 1st Battalion Corporal Nicholas Webster-Smith Corporal Steven Boote Grenadier Guards Guardsman James Major Royal Military Police Sergeant Matthew Telford Warrant Officer Class 1 Darren Chant ributes to the five men killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday 3rd November were posted here by the MOD. Warrant Officer Class 1 Darren Chant, Sergeant Matthew Telford and Guardsman James Major, all of the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, as well as Corp...

Harriet Harman: The case of the gender pay discrimination denier
on Nov 6, 2009 in Labour Sleaze Politics gender pay discrimination denier Harriet Harman inequality Marh Harper ONS women A new “crime” has been invented by Miss Harperson. This is the crime of being a gender pay discrimination denier. Whatever next can Zanu Labour imply about people? In an answer to an otherwise innocuous question  as follows: Mark Harper...

Corporal Thomas Mason: Mother speaks of her hero soldier
on Nov 6, 2009 in Afghanistan Corporal Thomas Mason Deaths Scottish Soldier The BBC reports on the funeral of Corporal Thomas (Tam) Mason: The mother of a soldier who died from the wounds he received while on service in Afghanistan has said he will always be a hero. Linda Buchanan’s comments came after the funeral of h...

Obama Dithering or Not Enough Troops Available?
on Nov 6, 2009 in Afghanistan Politics Daily in the US reports that perhaps the reason that Obama is dithering on the McChyrstal request is that not enough troops are available to sustain the Afghan War. It has this to say: Here’s what worries the planners: The Army has 44...

Ministry of Defence | Defence News | Military Operations | Soldier from 3 RIFLES killed in Afghanistan
on Nov 6, 2009 in Afghanistan Deaths Sadly the MOD reports the death of another soldier in Afghanistan. It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that a soldier from 3rd Battalion The Rifles (3 RIFLES) was killed in Afghanistan today, Thursday 5 November 2009. The sol...

Nimrod XV230 – a tragedy waiting to happen
on Nov 6, 2009 in Afghanistan Nimrod RAF Haddon-Cave XV230 Squadron Leader David Tisdale (ret’d), from the UK National Defence Association’s RAF affairs team, looks at the cultural changes that were partly to blame for the Nimrod XV230 disaster Throughout my RAF career, which spanned 25 years, th...

Major Nidal Malik Hasan: Kills 12 at US Army base
on Nov 6, 2009 in Armed Forces Afghanistan dither Fort Hood Major Nidal Malik Hasan Obama I hope this will be the last post today on deaths of soldiers serving their country.  It is sobering to think that while we wait for President Obama to decide the next moves in Afghanistan many of our armed forces are being killed or wounded. It is...

Five British soldiers killed in Afghanistan
on Nov 4, 2009 in Afghanistan Afghan Police Five deaths Grenadier Guard RMP Royal Military Police The sad news of the death of five British Soldiers yesterday means that 2009 has been the worst year for the Armed Forces since the Falkland war. Channel 4 News had this to say : An Afghan policeman shoots dead five British soldiers at a checkpoint i...