Thursday 5 July 2012
Fade Brittania
The Royal Welsh ( Who defended Rorke's Drift), The Queen's Royal Lancers, Argyll and Sutherland Highland Regiment and Duke of Wellington's Regiment are among the British Army Regiments to be axed in budget cuts
Shock but no surprises here. I've been very busy so away from my keyboard, I was hoping to post some good news but as is the current trend, there is none. Scottish Regiments were by and large spared, probably to try and smooth things over on the lead up to the referendum. Honestly though, last year saw the butchering of the Royal Navy. Napoleon, Kaiser Bill and Hitler tried and failed to break the Royal Navy's back. But our mate Dave Cameron succeeded in destroying it! This year saw the army have its wrist slashed. The Air Force will be next just you wait.
I can only imagine the sadness that veterans and serving men of these regiments must feel. After fighting for hundreds of years, their proud banners are torn down by some bureaucrat in Whitehall.
I have little doubt that there will be a revival. That day will only come after Britain has been slapped awake, ala 1939.
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Okay, this from a Yankee...When's the soonest time Dave Cameron can be removed from office???
ReplyDeleteAs I said earlier, Mr. Cameron is proving to be a destructor of the morality, traditions, and unity of his country. Is there anyway the Brits can counter-act this nonesense effectively?
I agree with what you are saying about 1939 - it's terrible, but it's true. I think a national crisis of that scale may be the only thing capable of saving the UK and the Commonwealth from themselves.
God Bless,
Pearl
This is a shocking decision. And the most stupid one I can think of.
ReplyDeleteHi, again, Last Churchillian.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment on my poetry post. By the way, I was wondering if you ever got the chance to read "False Fronts" Scottish Referendum post on the blog. I'd love your in-put on it.
God Bless,
Pearl