the bit that always gets me is how do they expect anyone to *want* to defend the country / join the army when a consistent through line of decades of government / politics is to make our lives worse? you have to give people something they think is worth defending for fuck sake.

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Senior officers, between Major general and full general pay between £150 000 and £250 000 per year, many private educational backgrounds. If parent was in services possibly benefitted from subsidy CEA, 90% fees paid by govenment.

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They’d be happy to make Britain a shittier place and less worth defending. Tax fucking billionaires for your toys. You are going to give them the money back anyway.

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Verhoeven making citizenship depend on service was satire in the 90s but we're awfully close to one of these inbred toffs who've never had a scrap in their lives suggesting we tie armed forces to voting.

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Perhaps the head of the British Army should not be doing media appearances instructing the public to accept massive benefit cuts? Perhaps he should be fired for doing that, and replaced by a different Rupert who will keep his nose out of politics.

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