You have lost how much?????

This is an amazing story for all the wrong reasons.

It shows complete and utter "words can not describe" incompetance.
And who is the big boss........the one the only Bob Ainsworth.

It transpires today that nearly £7 billion of military equipment has gone missing from Ministry of Defence.

Un-bloody-believable............or actually given the man at the top yes very believable.

The National Audit Office has refused to sign off on MoD records that £6.6 billion of assets exist because of “inadequate levels of evidence”.

The assets include about a sixth of all vehicles, weapons and radios used by British forces and are equivalent in value to the entire annual defence equipment budget.
Please note that last sentance.

The items in question include £1.25 billion of equipment deployed with British forces, such as machine guns, night vision goggles, encrypted radios and body armour.

Defence officials were unable to account for £350 million worth of fighting vehicles that were in theory being used for training and operations.

The remaining £5 billion of assets that could not be accounted for were predominantly raw materials and spare parts, ranging from bolts and oil to jet engines and propellers.

Are we not currently in a war with the constant stories from families of the fallen, injured servicemen and women, military chiefs bith serving and retired that the above equipment is needed in theatre but nothing is forthcoming. Shortages of equipment, including night vision goggles and radios, have been blamed for the deaths of several British service personnel.

Well apparently it is about but can not be accounted for, well a good chunk of it anyway.
The MoD insisted last night that the equipment was “never physically lost” and that the NAO figure was an “extrapolation” from its audit.

It said that at the time of the report, the Defence Storage and Distribution Agency, which is responsible for supplying the armed forces, was unable to satisfy the NAO’s demand for paperwork to verify the assets.

Utter cobblers.
I have blogged on the complete incompetance of the MOD method of procurement before. See here.
This is another blatant example of a government deparment completely out of touch with reality.
Having to spin lines like - the NAO figure was an “extrapolation” from its audit, just goes to prove my point.

So come on Bob........bust a gut and sort this one out!!!!!

Prat of the Week

No not Steven Gerrard.

More of a thing than a person but Gerrard is connected.

Yesterday Gerrard was found not guilty of affray after lashing out and hitting a customer in a bar over a remote control.

The England footballer had admitted hitting Mr McGee and apologised for lashing out, but denied losing control and said he was acting in self-defence.

Self-defence......so a man is having a beer, wont give you the control, you loose your rag and thump him..........and thats self-defence.......sorry I have been wrong for a while now as to what it was.

So you are seen on CCTV acually hitting the person, there are several witnesses and you are found not guilty..........so as a result the winner of ths weeks award is the British Legal System.

Well done.......we are all so proud.

Prat of the week

This week has been a little quiet interms of pratness.

I refuse to bring the government into this topic as the list would be long.

So I mean quiet outside of Westminster.

However a special mention to Ingrid Tarrant for some top police cooperation.

But I have chosen this lady here.

However readers, like me you will feel that Prat is not suitable.
You will no doubt feel a little horrified and like me choose many other words, that certainly taste a decency will prevent me from posting.

(See I always love the moral high ground)

Prat of the Week

Oh dear,

Who to choose.

Been so many excellent candidates this week.

Ok
1. Bolton council for its jobs worth attitude.
2. Alan Duncan..........yes Alan you are so right. Naughty Daily Telegraph. How dare it expose your legitimate "its within the rules" money acquisition policy.

But without a doubt and not only because as soon as the man opens his mouth, he makes my blood boil is the one and only Michael O'Leary, for this gem of an idea. I mean what an idea. Top of the food chain this boy.

Prat of the Week

Now this new spot could have many contenders. Simply veiw the weeks political news or read Matthew Syed's column in yesterdays Telegraph but I feel without a doubt that this gent here wins this weeks award.

Take a bow..............err if it does not hurt to much to bend like that!!

A man who gave himself a DIY circumcision using nail clippers was taken to hospital for emergency treatment.
The young man had to be rushed to the Lister Hospital in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. The wound was disinfected to cleanse it before he was given a bed in an observation ward.

"This is something we would advise men never to attempt," a medic said, "The results can be quite horrific and long-lasting and have quite an affect on a man's sexual performance.

A fabulous quote from the hospital spokesperson "Using a pair of nail clippers must have caused excruciating pain, even if he had had a few drinks beforehand."

Really............you think?