They don't budget properly, they keep changing what they have ordered, they grossly overspend on contracts, they buy things they don't understand. Essentially, when it comes to procurement, they are a bunch of amateurs. But still the Ministry of Defence wants to spend more.
The Times reports:
Gavin Williamson will ask the prime minister for up to £4 billion extra a year for the armed forces at a critical meeting set for next week.
The defence secretary is to pitch for the money when he meets Theresa May to discuss funding for the future shape and size of Britain’s military. The meeting comes amid tensions between the pair with Mr Williamson accused of threatening to “break” the prime minister if she refuses to increase the defence budget.
Yesterday senior defence figures said that the government was putting at risk the country’s status as a global military power by giving the NHS priority over defence.
If they didn't waste money on Trident, a system which will never be used (and which could not be used without the permission of the USA), or on white elephant aircraft carriers, which they cannot afford to equip with sufficient aircraft or to provide with the necessary support ships, and if they sacked half the numerous generals and admirals, they might have sufficient resources to pay the armed forces a decent wage and provide them with adequate accommodation.
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