Category Archives: Defence

ONE THIRD OF ARMED FORCES NOT REGISTERED TO VOTE – CAMPBELL

North East Fife MP Sir Menzies Campbell has today highlighted his concern at the news that a third of service personnel are not currently registered to vote. For those who are registered, a short election campaign may mean they do …

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RESERVE FORCES PLAY A KEY ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN – CAMPBELL

The news that medics from 612 Squadron at RAF Leuchars will be among the 1000 Scottish troops soon to be deployed in Afghanistan “underlines the extent to which reserve forces are contributing”, according to North East Fife MP and member …

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CAMPBELL COMMENTS ON PRIME MINISTER’S AFGHANISTAN SPEECH

Commenting on the Prime Minister’s speech today about Afghanistan, Former Leader of the Liberal Democrats and Member of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, Sir Menzies Campbell MP said: “The weakness in the Prime Minister’s case is that it depends not …

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“OPPORTUNITY FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT HAS NEVER BEEN GREATER” – CAMPBELL

Sir Menzies Campbell MP has today welcomed the launch the Top Level Group, a cross party effort to promote multilateral nuclear disarmament which Sir Menzies co-founded. Other members include the former Defence Secretary Des Browne MP, Sir Malcolm Rifkind MP …

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“GOVERNMENT’S HASTY RETREAT ON TA CUTS WAS ALMOST INEVITABLE” – CAMPBELL

Commenting on the news that the British Government has scaled back planned cuts to the Territorial Army budget, North East Fife MP Sir Menzies Campbell said: “Some common sense shown but more needed. “The Government’s hasty retreat was almost inevitable, …

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