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Originally Posted by Livia
In defence of the House of Lords, it's not like they sit quaffing champagne all day. A lot of it will be used for entertaining business leaders, foreign dignitaries, even constituents. The waste I was referring to is, for instance, the Ministry of Defence. Run by civilians with no clue how the armed forces work, they waste enough money every year to hire and equip an extra regiment. This at the same time they're cutting the forces to the bone while committing them to cover more areas. B*stards...
Off topic, but I was on a roll...
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You may be a bit off topic but then again not really in my view,as you 'are' talking about waste and since the govt; is on about waste at the BBC, you are well within the range of extension of the topic, to point out waste you know as to govt; too.
I agree with all your post above too.