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Campbell Calls on New Defence Secretary to Review RAF Leuchars Decision

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Web Team

North East Fife MP Sir Menzies Campbell has written to the new Secretary of State for Defence, Philip Hammond, to ask him to look again at the basing review which will result in the RAF leaving its base at Leuchars …

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SNP Must Come Clean On Defence Implications Of Independence

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Web Team

Commenting as the former head of the British Army calls for a full discussion about the potential future of Scotland`s armed forces before a referendum on independence, Member of the Intelligence and Security Committee and former leader of the Liberal …

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Campbell Calls For Defence Committee Investigation Into RAF Leuchars Closure

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Web Team

North East Fife MP Sir Menzies Campbell has written to the Chair of the House of Commons Defence Committee to ask if the committee will investigate the recent RAF basing review. The review concluded RAF Leuchars in Sir Menzies’ constituency …

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“HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT” AT LEUCHARS DECISION

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Web Team

Sir Menzies Campbell MP has expressed his “huge disappointment” that the “committed and passionate” campaign for the retention of RAF Leuchars was unsuccessful. Sir Menzies said: “The decision to close RAF Leuchars is a bitter blow for the local community …

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RAF LEUCHARS: DECISION “FUNDAMENTALLY WRONG, STRATEGICALLY INEPT AND LIKELY TO INCREASE RISK TO OUR CITIZENS”

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Web Team

North East Fife’s Member of Parliament Sir Menzies Campbell has described the decision announced by the Defence Secretary not to retain RAF Leuchars as “fundamentally wrong, strategically inept, and likely to increase the risk to our citizens”. Speaking during the …

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