Ministry of Defence run by scoundrels!

My, my! What a shower we have running the MoD. For years they have been condoning the filthy state of service quarters, the lack of proper equipment for the military and the generally deplorable way soldiers are treated after discharge. It is the chiselling way in which the country is told of things in general that sticks in the craw.

Now we find that they are incompetent at finance as well. Maybe they are lining their own pockets, who knows. What we do know is that £155 million which was said to have been spent on radio equipment in Afghanistan could not be accounted for. Is this the tip of the iceberg?

James Arbuthnot, chairman of the defence select committee, said the MoD needed to "get a grip" on its spending. "There are real concerns, given the importance of what the armed forces are doing, and the sacrifices they are making on our behalf, that the Ministry of Defence is almost breaking apart." Nest of vipers, I say. And they have the brass neck to complain about Sir Richard Dannatt.

When will it become clear to those in government that these people cannot be trusted. We need a complete clearout so that the MoD can be staffed by honourable people, not those driven to concocting falsehoods, calumnies and economies with the truth.

Geoff Hoon made a million whilst soldiers died!

The most distasteful self-enrichment is that of Geoffrey (Geoff) Hoon. This cabinet minister has been using the parliamentary allowance system to build himself a property empire. All "within the rules" no doubt. As soldiers died over the years in Iraq and Afghanistan, Hoon was not only going around defending his dodgy dealings in the run-up to the War, but he was getting rich on manipulating the system. As Defence Secretary he lived in a grace-and-favour apartment in Whitehall, yet he claimed costs for his home in Derbyshire. Those soldiers lucky enough to survive without wounds were, on their return, given the most appalling housing in some circumstances. This hypocrite always got the MoD to rabbit on about how well the refurbishment programme was coming along. But the soldiers didn't get the same allowances!

There's more about Hoon's taxpayer-funded property development business from the Daily Telegraph. All stuff he wanted us not to know. It is little wonder creeps like him tried to get rid of Elizabeth Filkin. She'd spotted their corruption but they had the brass neck to rubbish her, so she went!

Why would anyone want to vote Labour?