Cutting his political teeth as a shop steward at Jaguar in the 70’s and later as a branch organiser for the MSF (now the Unite) union and even being a candidate member of the International Marxist Group, he seems to be a strange choice by Gordon Brown to be running our Armed Services. Perhaps he can organise a ballot to end the bloodshed!
He gives me no confidence at all that he can help with the equipment situation, but I suppose he has his hands tied by the likes of Brown and Darling as per the previous incumbents. I wonder when we will have someone who knows a bit about the military in that position?
Here is some interesting voting information about Bob Ainsworth.
No wonder when he came joint top of the list of people claiming second home allowance!
-
Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
-
Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
-
Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
Taken from the They Work for You web site page for Bob Ainsworth.
Lets hope that they get the helicopter situation sorted out as soon as possible and we see a reduction in deaths caused by these IAD’s.
Beasley's Place 