Big Issues
WHY VISIT EXMOOR?
HOME PACKS SCRAPPED
BATH GONE WEST?
MISSING FARM MILLIONS
SPECIAL NEEDS
BUS FARES
WIND POWER
SAVE THE BOMB FACTORY
HERCEPTIN VICTORY
AIRPORT SALE
BE PREPARED
CARNIVAL
TOURISM
NUCLEAR POWER
FARMING & FOOD
CONSULTATION BILL
M.E. A FORGOTTEN DISEASE
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I am not a particularly good sailor. So a spell attached to the Royal Navy - splendid though the service is - did not appeal. I have already done time in the army and I remain on the reserve list, so an attachment with the troops seemed a little like a busman's holiday. But the Royal Air Force is different. Which is why I am now part of an elite Parliamentary team learning how the RAF works and getting to understand its machines, its training and its people.
Every Parliamentary session a handful of MPs are selected to join one arm of the nation's defence forces. The idea is to equip us to better understand their problems. It also puts people like me in the driving seat of some formidable kit!
Eat your heart out Baron Von Richtoven
I have already been up in helicopters, done some basic parachute training, met the top brass and will soon be seeing action abroad. Watch this space
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