MP,s and the military.

I find myself at the keyboard this morning to express my disgust at the Government and towards politicians in general. Today it has been announced that The government are challenging the compensation awards to two injured soldiers in Irag and Afghanistan. The sheer indignation shown to our troops in this matter is staggering, A court has ruled, a decision made so why the action? Simple we are expendable to the nation as long as the cost's are keep within limits. It is a policy that the aviation industry has followed all the way. Example; if a modification is needed on a range of aircraft and is found to cost x amount of pounds, but it's likely hood to cause a crash is say 1% then the modification is more expensive than the compensation paid to the families of those killed in the resulting accident. The simple fact is the same now applies to our Armed Forces. The cost of war is not financial, the cost of war is in the blood of our troops and no compensation formula can simply be applied.

We vote MP's into power in most case's on whether we like them or not, not on what substance they posses. The Americans demand that any prospective politicians, whether Congress or Senate have served in a Branch of the military. Do we care that much? I think not!

Has your MP served there country? Have they even spent a day with the Forces? But today they may vote on sending you, your child or your friend into harms way with no understanding what so ever.

Today it has been announced that MP's can claim £25 per day on expenses without providing proof of expenditure (£9000 pa) for doing nothing!! A Service person can not claim for a phone call to his wife from Afghanistan.

In short I have had enough of this Country and it's attitude to the ground workers. I am going to call my MP today to ask if he has served in the forces or has a child in the forces. If not he can kiss my vote goodbye forever!!!

And before you ask, I spent 10yrs in the Royal Navy as an Aircraft Engineer on Small ships. I served in Bosnia and carried out anti drug operations in the west indies. And at not one point would I stop my children joining the Armed forces until Today.