Despite promising that there would be no cuts affecting our front line troops in Afghanistan...Despite harraunging the previous government over the provision of helicopters for our troops in Afghanistan...
Despite confirming a reduced order for 12 Chinook's only last November...
Despite that being a reduction from the previous order for 22...
Despite making political capital out this issue at every opportunity for the last two years...
Despite all of this, Call Me Dave now not only approves that the government have already reduced the order under SDSR. Now he is "refusing to place the order. And, worse than that, they appear to have abolished the order." said Shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy in the Commons.
So much for "Call Me Dave". More a case of Billy Liar.
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