In the past 12 years the British military have seen more action than at any other time since the Second World War.   In that time Gordon Brown and New Labour have been savage in cutting back expenditure.

Our brave squaddies live in slum barracks which are often rat infested. They have been provided with shoddy equipment and we have even asked them to buy their own boots.  How does that sit on your conscience?  It sits badly on mine.

We have provided them in Afghanistan with flimsy ’snatch’ Land Rovers instead of heavily armoured trucks and helicopters which could save them from lethal roadside bombs.  Our troops travel in road convoys, exposed to attack as our US friends travel overhead in helicopters.

And get this statistic.  America has EIGHT times as many helicopters for every serving soldier, compared to Britain.

Soldiers fight and risks their lives to drive Taliban out of villages and towns, only to hand captured territory back because they do not have the numbers or air cover to hold their ground.

If this war is so important Gordon….why have you not committed more troops to the campaign to ensure our boys gains on the battlefield are secure….not to be handed back to the Taliban a few days later because of lack of manpower?

If this war is so important Gordon…why have you not invested in protecting our troops and ensuring they have more helicopters and armoured vehicles?

Sending troops into battle, to die for our country, deserves whatever support we can provide them.

By not preparing our troops Gordon, you have blood on your hands……like Macbeth that will come back to haunt you…..