Increase in army troops to aid Swindon's economy
9:40am Thursday 7th March 2013 in News
A Challenger 2 main battle tank fires a high explosive shell during a firepower demonstration held on ranges at Warminster
PLANS to increase the number of troops based in Wiltshire will have a positive impact on Swindon.
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond announced on Tuesday that about 70 per cent of the Army will be brought back to the UK from Germany by the end of 2015, with the final 4,300 back by the end of 2019.
The change will result in Salisbury Plain having the largest number of troops, 15,000, in the UK by 2020 and the Ministry of Defence will spent about £850 million to develop Army bases in Wiltshire.
Swindon South MP Robert Buckland said he was looking forward to welcoming the new arrivals to the county and said that it would provide a number of benefits to the town.
“We are a county that is extremely welcoming and includes many members of the armed forces,” he said.
“I am looking forward to welcoming members of the armed forces and their families to our area.
“We have a lot of people living in Swindon that are not only serving in the armed forces but have retired from the armed forces.
“I think there are many benefits to having the armed forces here, there will be more people looking to shop in Swindon as one of the biggest towns in the area and also people looking to settle here.
“It is good news for the members of the armed forces and their families to have some stability and I hope we make them welcome.”
Councillor Jane Scott, leader of Wiltshire Council, said: “This is excellent news for the whole of Wiltshire.
“I’ve always said we’re very proud to be a military county and this announcement which will see more than 4,000 extra military personnel based here will build on this status.
“This news will lead to more families putting down firm roots in our communities and I, on behalf of this council, welcome them to Wiltshire.
“The military is growing significantly in this county and we will continue to work closely with our military partners to make sure the right services and infrastructure are in place to support this growth.”
The relocation from Germany will also result in a restructuring of the basing for regular Army forces.
Larkhill will continue as the spiritual home of the Royal Regiment of Artillery with four new artillery units and Tidworth will become the home of The Queens’ Royal Hussars (The Queen’s Own and Royal Irish) moving from Germany after 2017.
Tidworth will also house 3 Close Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers by 2020.
Comments(15)
A.Baron-Cohen
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11:07am Thu 7 Mar 13
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12:46pm Thu 7 Mar 13
Always Grumpy
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1:50pm Thu 7 Mar 13
A.Baron-Cohen wrote:Well, it's certainly not looney left wing extremists like you keeping the economy afloat.
A few on this site have said and keep saying that it is millionaires that keep the country and the Swindon economy afloat....
You got a hammering on that particular thread, but still want to spread your nazi like propaganda on another one.
Really, just how thick are you?
A.Baron-Cohen
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2:32pm Thu 7 Mar 13
Always Grumpy wrote:Another very silly comment......
A.Baron-Cohen wrote:Well, it's certainly not looney left wing extremists like you keeping the economy afloat.
A few on this site have said and keep saying that it is millionaires that keep the country and the Swindon economy afloat....
You got a hammering on that particular thread, but still want to spread your nazi like propaganda on another one.
Really, just how thick are you?
It is actually a Tory MP (Mr Buckland) that is saying that extra military staff will aid the Swindon's Economy.
Is it possible to be both a left wing extremist and spread Nazi like propaganda LOL
Always Grumpy
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6:28pm Thu 7 Mar 13
A.Baron-Cohen wrote:You made the stupid comment regarding millionaires, so who's being silly?
Always Grumpy wrote:Another very silly comment......
A.Baron-Cohen wrote:Well, it's certainly not looney left wing extremists like you keeping the economy afloat.
A few on this site have said and keep saying that it is millionaires that keep the country and the Swindon economy afloat....
You got a hammering on that particular thread, but still want to spread your nazi like propaganda on another one.
Really, just how thick are you?
It is actually a Tory MP (Mr Buckland) that is saying that extra military staff will aid the Swindon's Economy.
Is it possible to be both a left wing extremist and spread Nazi like propaganda LOL
Yes, you try to spread you extreme left wing views in the same was as the nazi propaganda machine spread their views. The sentiments might not be the same, but the method of trying to spread a message is.
Don't try to be clever, you'll never succeed. Go back to the other thread where you're being torn apart. LOL
SAM2WIN
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6:50pm Thu 7 Mar 13
You got a hammering on that particular thread, but still want to spread your nazi like propaganda on another one.
Really, just how thick are you?”
Time to change history books !!!
I was taught that the Nazis were extreme RIGHT wing . Exactly when did they become Left wing ?????
SAM2WIN
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6:51pm Thu 7 Mar 13
You got a hammering on that particular thread, but still want to spread your nazi like propaganda on another one.
Really, just how thick are you?”
Time to change history books !!!
I was taught that the Nazis were extreme RIGHT wing . Exactly when did they become Left wing ?????
scottwichall
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8:07pm Thu 7 Mar 13
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I don't have any other axe to grind on this thread, so I am not going to get in the middle of any argument between AG and A.B-C.
Always Grumpy
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8:52pm Thu 7 Mar 13
SAM2WIN wrote:They didn't become left wing. What I said was, the Nazis used propaganda to spread their ideas in the same way as the extreme left now. It's the propaganda bit that's the same. Got it?
Well, it's certainly not looney left wing extremists like you keeping the economy afloat.
You got a hammering on that particular thread, but still want to spread your nazi like propaganda on another one.
Really, just how thick are you?”
Time to change history books !!!
I was taught that the Nazis were extreme RIGHT wing . Exactly when did they become Left wing ?????
Pompey-Bound
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1:13am Fri 8 Mar 13
A.Baron-Cohen
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9:22am Fri 8 Mar 13
Always Grumpy wrote:I have not manufactured an opinion, it is not millionaires that are keeping the economy afloat, our local Tory MP said that the extra military staff will aid the Swindon Economy, I am not making this up. To me, it is clear that it is ordinary people that hold the key to the recovery.
A.Baron-Cohen wrote:You made the stupid comment regarding millionaires, so who's being silly?
Always Grumpy wrote:Another very silly comment......
A.Baron-Cohen wrote:Well, it's certainly not looney left wing extremists like you keeping the economy afloat.
A few on this site have said and keep saying that it is millionaires that keep the country and the Swindon economy afloat....
You got a hammering on that particular thread, but still want to spread your nazi like propaganda on another one.
Really, just how thick are you?
It is actually a Tory MP (Mr Buckland) that is saying that extra military staff will aid the Swindon's Economy.
Is it possible to be both a left wing extremist and spread Nazi like propaganda LOL
Yes, you try to spread you extreme left wing views in the same was as the nazi propaganda machine spread their views. The sentiments might not be the same, but the method of trying to spread a message is.
Don't try to be clever, you'll never succeed. Go back to the other thread where you're being torn apart. LOL
You may not agree with it, but that doesn't make it propaganda. Have you ever considered that you may be wrong sometimes?
Tim Newroman
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9:29am Fri 8 Mar 13
Pompey-Bound wrote:
Nice to see polticrat or should I say polly-prat is still spreading his vile left wing guff. I recall that he once admitted he was here illegally!
”We are socialists, we are enemies of today’s capitalistic economic system for the exploitation of the economically weak, with its unfair salaries, with its unseemly evaluation of a human being according to wealth and property instead of responsibility and performance, and we are determined to destroy this system under all conditions”
- Adolf Hitler, May 1st, 1927
Sounds an awful lot like the views of a certain contributor to these debates...
The Left often like to portray the Nazis are right-wing, but the reality is that the vast majority of their policies were left-wing.
The Nazis were actually a fascist party and, the reality is that fascism - as a concept and structure - was primarily founded and based on Marxist socialism.
Fascism adopts the left-wing idea that the state must ultimately control everything. Professor Roger Griffin has even defined fascism as 'anti-conservative'.
People on the Left are always out to control everyone else, they attempt to disguise this by painting everyone who doesn't agree with them as being 'nasty' while they, of course, are the 'nice guys' who 'care'.
A.Baron-Cohen is a prime example of the above.
A.Baron-Cohen
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9:49am Fri 8 Mar 13
Tim Newroman wrote:This is absurd, I believe ( and agree with Tory MP Buckland) that ordinary people hold the key to our Economic recovery.
Pompey-Bound wrote:
Nice to see polticrat or should I say polly-prat is still spreading his vile left wing guff. I recall that he once admitted he was here illegally!
”We are socialists, we are enemies of today’s capitalistic economic system for the exploitation of the economically weak, with its unfair salaries, with its unseemly evaluation of a human being according to wealth and property instead of responsibility and performance, and we are determined to destroy this system under all conditions”
- Adolf Hitler, May 1st, 1927
Sounds an awful lot like the views of a certain contributor to these debates...
The Left often like to portray the Nazis are right-wing, but the reality is that the vast majority of their policies were left-wing.
The Nazis were actually a fascist party and, the reality is that fascism - as a concept and structure - was primarily founded and based on Marxist socialism.
Fascism adopts the left-wing idea that the state must ultimately control everything. Professor Roger Griffin has even defined fascism as 'anti-conservative'.
People on the Left are always out to control everyone else, they attempt to disguise this by painting everyone who doesn't agree with them as being 'nasty' while they, of course, are the 'nice guys' who 'care'.
A.Baron-Cohen is a prime example of the above.
It is really plain to see that people have less money to spend and we hear in the news that companies are going under as a result, this is not propaganda by any stretch of the imagination.
I am sorry that you seem to disagree, but surely that doesn't make me a Nazi or a communist, I would really appreciate an apology
Tim Newroman
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10:22am Fri 8 Mar 13
A.Baron-Cohen wrote:When you apologise to everyone that you've merrily called 'Nazis', I might - possibly - consider it.
Tim Newroman wrote:This is absurd, I believe ( and agree with Tory MP Buckland) that ordinary people hold the key to our Economic recovery.
Pompey-Bound wrote:
Nice to see polticrat or should I say polly-prat is still spreading his vile left wing guff. I recall that he once admitted he was here illegally!
”We are socialists, we are enemies of today’s capitalistic economic system for the exploitation of the economically weak, with its unfair salaries, with its unseemly evaluation of a human being according to wealth and property instead of responsibility and performance, and we are determined to destroy this system under all conditions”
- Adolf Hitler, May 1st, 1927
Sounds an awful lot like the views of a certain contributor to these debates...
The Left often like to portray the Nazis are right-wing, but the reality is that the vast majority of their policies were left-wing.
The Nazis were actually a fascist party and, the reality is that fascism - as a concept and structure - was primarily founded and based on Marxist socialism.
Fascism adopts the left-wing idea that the state must ultimately control everything. Professor Roger Griffin has even defined fascism as 'anti-conservative'.
People on the Left are always out to control everyone else, they attempt to disguise this by painting everyone who doesn't agree with them as being 'nasty' while they, of course, are the 'nice guys' who 'care'.
A.Baron-Cohen is a prime example of the above.
It is really plain to see that people have less money to spend and we hear in the news that companies are going under as a result, this is not propaganda by any stretch of the imagination.
I am sorry that you seem to disagree, but surely that doesn't make me a Nazi or a communist, I would really appreciate an apology
whaddahey?! says...
10:28am Thu 7 Mar 13
Do military personel travel over 30 miles to shop in Poundland?
Politicians to be stretching credulity a little in this story.
Actually, given the pathetic handful of tanks left in the army, a mere eight squadrons of combat aircraft, the overstretch of personel and the gross over-spend on procurement, maybe the suppliers of equipment would be better off shopping here. They might find some bargains in the tented market ;-)