The Dissolution of Modern Britain.
Polish photographer Maciej Dakowicz’s holiday snaps of sunny Cardiff-by-Sea may have embarrassed us, but came as no surprise to those who have walked Britain’s streets after dark.
We may all have had a sneaking suspicion that politicians were a corrupt lot, the Telegraph’s tumbrils carting them off to the unwelcome glare of publicity only reinforced an underlying belief that they were not acting in our interests, we just weren’t sure how they were doing it.
The Church, Catholic variety so far, contains hundreds of paedophiles.
RAF officers are a different kettle of fish. We may have had a vague idea that sailors got up to no good in port, that the army might contain a few ruffians, but the RAF? The heroes of the Battle of Britain, those fine upstanding characters in their immaculate uniforms?
Prepare for disillusionment.
Detailed information on 500 senior officers was on three computer hard drives ‘lost’ from RAF Innsworth, Gloucestershire, last September.
An internal MoD memo written at the time said: ‘This information included details of criminal convictions, investigations, precise details of debt, medical conditions, drug abuse, use of prostitutes, extra-marital affairs including the names of third parties.
Senior RAF officers have criminal convictions? Drug habits? Use prostitutes? 500 of them?
They haven’t been court martialed? Reduced to the ranks? Performing jankers?
The MoD said it had acted to ensure those affected were informed as quickly as possible, but had been reluctant to release ‘unnecessarily detailed information about the nature of the data’. It defended its decision to withhold the information from parliament as the loss occurred during the summer recess when parliament was not in session. The latest information came out when parliament is also not in session.
Anarchy is fast becoming a reasonable political alternative. Britain has lost the plot.
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May 25, 2009 at 10:43 am -
This is a really good premise for a movie, you have heard of the film “drug store cowboy” now we have ‘drug addicted fly-boys’.
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May 25, 2009 at 1:49 pm -
My father was a senior RAF officer but as far as I know he had no criminal convictions. He did once dress up as a fairy though, for a party he claimed. Hmmm!
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May 25, 2009 at 2:33 pm -
I’m not an RAF officer but I could tick most of those boxes.
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May 25, 2009 at 2:37 pm -
From the data provided, your conclusion is probably wide of the mark. Not all 500 were guilty of all the misdemeanours.
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May 25, 2009 at 6:43 pm -
Joe
there’s no doubt Britain is losing the plot.
a country administered by criminals for the lumpen proletariat.I was in Cardiff last week for the Wine, Women and Song gig – the gig was really good but Cardiff – hmmmm?? There are few street signs, no traffic routes, no decent places to eat, the pubs are lousy, there’s rubbish everywhere – and this is the capital city of Wales – shit????? It’s a real dump. Awaits cries of heresy……..
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May 25, 2009 at 7:53 pm -
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May 26, 2009 at 7:11 pm -
As a former Corporal in the RAF I just hope my old records don’t get lost. There’s going to be some blushing WRAF gals (bless ‘em).
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May 29, 2009 at 7:32 am -
None of you seem to find it strange that such investigations are actually carried out on senior staff at all.
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May 29, 2009 at 9:03 am -
Sssh! They are trying to keep it a secret.
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May 29, 2009 at 9:06 am -
I think the reason some of us don’t find any of this strange is because we know how and why the senior officers are selected and placed in their posts in the first place ……….. Of course the reasons for keeping this type of data on these officers ensures that they don’t step out of line as very few would be prepared for this kind of information to affect their families …………. not to mention the fact that this could affect their pensions and future references if they ever wish to re-enter civilian life.
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