tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post6760103714653898814..comments2024-03-20T12:03:26.126+00:00Comments on Thin Pinstriped Line: A short site updateSir Humphreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08704774192275240783noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post-17890161836828128672012-08-24T10:59:59.840+01:002012-08-24T10:59:59.840+01:00Thoughts on new threads:
As TD has yet to publish...Thoughts on new threads:<br /><br />As TD has yet to publish his thoughts; where do you see CH II development going? <br /><br />Alternatively: What will replace the Tonka in the next decade and - possibly - could HMG fund an indigenous programme?<br /><br />And finally....<br /><br />Can someone come up with a serious defence structure for a future Scottish Dad's Army...? ;)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04634297245197674851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post-43242814589829248352012-08-23T21:22:06.486+01:002012-08-23T21:22:06.486+01:00MIDIOT - is it needed and what does it achieve?MIDIOT - is it needed and what does it achieve?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post-57464625293842365262012-08-22T10:35:11.624+01:002012-08-22T10:35:11.624+01:00I also greatly enjoy the blog, as it provides insi...I also greatly enjoy the blog, as it provides insights from a UK perspective. However, it seems to me there has already been a large number of navy articles, and I am not sure increased emphasis is the way to go. Personally, I enjoy most the "insider baseball" (or would you call it insider cricket?) articles on your civil service (so much different than the US version) and structural/budget issues. Whether to buy two more T-whatever warships are of less interest.<br />RegardsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post-49328688627606560172012-08-20T23:03:20.232+01:002012-08-20T23:03:20.232+01:00Looking forward to it Sir HLooking forward to it Sir HThink Defencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03403889570868740166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post-23329996767567383512012-08-20T15:55:15.961+01:002012-08-20T15:55:15.961+01:00Enjoy reading all your articles even if I do find ...Enjoy reading all your articles even if I do find that there are lots of maritime centric ones :) I would be hugely interested in your take on Army 2020, the influx of TA and the 2 tier fighting force.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post-15419955548876916392012-08-20T11:25:16.596+01:002012-08-20T11:25:16.596+01:00Am really enjoying this blog, one of my daily must...Am really enjoying this blog, one of my daily must reads. My article suggestion would be something about OPVs and 'Global Corvettes'; cost effective force multipliers, a slippery slope to downgrading the Navy to coast guard status, or completely irrelevant to the modern scene.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post-61563517401255637112012-08-20T00:25:31.532+01:002012-08-20T00:25:31.532+01:00Oh blimey Humphrey, please do spill on the reasons...Oh blimey Humphrey, please do spill on the reasons why you expect MOD CS to be in the spotlight again soon, as per your Whitehall pub RUMINT. Some of us are on the end of a rather longish wire and find it hard, having just about survived - so far - the job cuts, the pay freeze, the pension theft and the quite probably unlawful withholding this year of the employer-imposed performance-related element of pay (I'm not seeing this happening in the OGDs I work with, so how come MOD thinks it can get away with it is beyond me, and I'm not stupid), to imagine just how much worse things could actually get.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post-72324833946087250062012-08-19T15:26:14.115+01:002012-08-19T15:26:14.115+01:00
Thank you for writing Sir Humphrey. You encourage...<br />Thank you for writing Sir Humphrey. You encourage thought rather than reaction which is good (though occasionally inconvenient).Corin Vesteynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post-58548415549404084952012-08-18T17:31:19.437+01:002012-08-18T17:31:19.437+01:00Don't thank us.........thank you.
I hope your ...Don't thank us.........thank you.<br />I hope your stats show an increase in readers.<br />Your view point has been of considerable interest as the MoD has figured very highly in the media since the invasion of Iraq. This activity has been accompanied by an incessant and misleading spin; one way and then the other.<br />My reaction to your late intervention was that, whatever the spin, at least it was based on the well informed facts. In fact I thought you sailed very close to the windward side of the OSA on occasion.<br />You are now, of course a legitimate target for the political and socialist blogs whose abuse can be vile, so whilst I wish you a very happy and well deserved holiday, please be aware that this might be the time someone releases very bad news particularly as they now know you aren't down the pub!Derek McBridenoreply@blogger.com