Britain's once-proud military services were branded the “Armed Farces” last night because of a string of penny-pinching Government measures.
The economies have left the Royal Navy torpedoed, troops living in rat-infested squalor, and RAF flights slashed due to clapped-out jets.
Former Army supremo General Sir Mike Jackson lifted the lid on the scandal when he accused Prime Minister Tony Blair of shoddy treatment of soldiers.
In a television lecture, the ex-Chief of the General Staff blasted low pay for squaddies and sub-standard accommodation.
And The Sun — the forces’ favourite paper — can reveal the cash cuts into the very heart of our armed services run even deeper.
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