Mod On Defensive We Pay for Not Buying British
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The defence establishment continues its ever more curious attempts to discredit my revelations of the damage being done to Britain's national interest by the Government's stealthy drive to integrate our armed forces with those of the EU. The latest contribution, in last week's Sunday Telegraph letters column, came from Andrew Simpson, defending the Ministry of Defence's decision to buy 401 Panther utility vehicles built by the Italian firm Iveco, at a cost of pounds 413,000 each.
It was perhaps natural that Mr Simpson should wish to claim that my articles contained "gross errors'' since, as he said, he was the MoD desk officer in charge of the Panther contract, and now works for Iveco, the winning bidder. But he failed to answer any of the questions that have made this contract so controversial.See the full content of this document
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Mod On Defensive We Pay for Not Buying British
He did not, for instance, explain why the MoD was so anxious that Iveco should get th...
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