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Whatever happened to mature debate? Jill Evans MEP

Jill Evans is the only Welsh politican to speak out against the mega military academy proposals! Yet plaid policy is absolutely against privatisation so they speak out against post offices closing, traffic wardens been privatised but military training.....why not??

This contract will be the largest PFI/PPP project ever undertaken by the Ministry of Defence and will be the largest partnering arrangement ever undertaken in the UK. A Private Finance Initiative (PFI) for DTR in simplistic terms means that the winning consortia will effectively own all of the real estate and services for training for the next 25 years. For this they will be paid an annual sum and must, by law, make a profit for their shareholders. The contract is worth £19 billion.

Politicians couldn't make a privatised railway work so it is pretty unbelievable that we even suggest privatising military training never mind applauding it especially when it is to be delivered by private arms companies that are excluded from any ethical investing country, bank or charity. What damage could be done here and as a private business they will train whoever pays! Just who are we inviting to Wales?

So why do plaid support them dumbly emm.. because of the jobs...but what jobs? They have been given figures that are wrong. The Government has lied! Rhrodri Morgan is lying. The assembly have an office and staff dedicated to making this academy happen what ever and it isn't because half the deal has been already dumped by the MOD!!

And what about more autonomy for Wales? Isn't that jeopardised by having ALL uk military training in Wales?

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This applies to YOU in the UK too!
[VIDEO] Posted by Adam Howard at 5:25 AM on October 20, 2007.
A commercial that gives an honest account of what US military service would really mean.
As we all know young Americans recruited for the military are often convinced that they are signing up for some kind of live action video game and are rarely given a sense of the horrors they're going to encounter abroad. The video to your right is a parody commercial for the marines crafted in the style of a pharmaceutical advertisement complete with warnings about side effects. Check it out