Quote Originally Posted by Wheeze View Post
Its called the Fall of The Berlin Wall. Whenever a war ends, the Forces must contract. The '89 Wall falling signalled the end of the cold war and I received my cards in the massive purge called DCS 15...Defence Cost Study i.e. cut costs any way they can. At that stage they shut all UK military hospitals bar one. It was drastic and stupid but there's never any logic to this. Trick is not to take it personally.
The Poor Laws were first enacted in the UK after the Napoleonic Wars finished, leaving thousands of ex-soldiers destitute on the street, so its nothing new.
Aye your right. They were telling me, man power used to be well over 100k, no its around 40k and dropping

Another Cold War would come in handy