Well the 'prancing around on horses' bit is pretty self explanatory as they are called the Household Cavalry. As for the RAF Jets, most of the planes were decommisioned ones. If we are still being defended by Spitfires, Lancaster Bombers and Typhoons then we are in the sh*t if someone attacks us ala 1941!!!!
> I understood that the good old generous Royals footed the bill for the > so-called wedding, and all the rest of us had to do was stump up the > paltry 20 million quid for security. But my question is: in a time when > the defence chiefs are screaming about how cuts are decimating our defence > capability, when we are decomissioning aircraft carriers and cancelling > fighter jet programmes (all things I agree with, BTW, but that is not > relevant), what are we doing paying for all these squaddies to be prancing > about on horses................and paying for RAF jets to do flypasts? _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org MARCHING ON TOGETHER (There's it)
