For those following the MoD’s ultimate terrible procurement project Ajax, the MoD has slipped out a pre-Christmas statement on its ongoing difficulties. Only getting worse…
Luke Pollard has just said in a written statement that all trials will be stopped after yet another soldier was injured:
“This additional report of an injury is a serious concern to me so, out of an abundance of caution, and to ensure the safety of our personnel, I have directed a pause on all Ajax trials. This is in addition to the ongoing pause for training and exercising. The pause to the trials will allow time for the individual’s symptoms to be investigated and for the vehicle to be thoroughly inspected. In the New Year, I will assess if trials can be restarted.”
Knowledge of problems with General Dynamics’ Ajax has been commonplace in SW1 for very many years. Five years overdue, a £6 billion waste of time…
Speaking on the Labour chaos over the last few weeks, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy told The Guardian:
“You call it a sh*tshow, I say it’s unforgivable…It does look to people outside that we’re more interested in ourselves and less interested in preventing chaos. […] We’ve not done enough, and this has got to be the moment of reckoning where we say not just what are we here for, but who are we here for?”