GOVERNMENT THROWING MONEY AT EUROFIGHTER WHEN TROOPS NEED HELICOPTERS
May 14, 2009 12:00 AM
Commenting on Gordon Brown's announcement that a third batch of Typhoon fighters are to be bought for the RAF, Liberal Democrat Shadow Defence Secretary, Nick Harvey said:
"These aircraft are unnecessary Cold War relics. The Government has put Britain in a position where we are being forced to throw money at this massively expensive project while our troops on the front line are crying out for the helicopters and armoured vehicles they desperately need.
"Ministers have a duty to extract Britain from this deal with minimal damage to the public finances.
"It will be a further humiliation for this country if we are forced into flogging these aircraft to the Saudi regime in order to make ends meet. Gordon Brown must never forget the massive damage done to Britain's reputation by allegations of corruption in previous arms deals with Saudi Arabia."
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