Is this bureaucratic penny-pinching at it's very worst ...

[janzman]

... Not one over paid pen-pusher at the MOD will loose their job but Leicester youngsters are expendible,for the sake of £3500....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/...icestershire-15333721

[daffy654]

Many years ago I was fostered by a family, the father was an officer at Leicester sea cadets, his twin sons were both members and his daughter had been a member before she joined the navy.

[janzman]

Thinking on my own post....what would the MOD do with this little boat if they got it back and how on earth can a row boat with a little engine be valued at £3.5k

[daffy654]

It does seem ridiculous that they would want it, and 3.5k seems way to much money for the boat.
Leicester people are usually very generous (in my experience), I bet they find a sponsor and won't lose the boat.

[Prudie]

Who says not one 'overpaid pen-pusher at the MoD' will lose their job?

[janzman]

I do prudie because its always the front line ..think lollipop people ..local libraries..oap subsidised train travel..never the administration people

[ChuckFickens]

Leicester sea cadets???

Surely you can't get much further from the sea in England!

[Prudie]

Well I work for the MoD and hundreds and hundreds of decent frontline admin people have lost their jobs or are about to lose them.

On a completely lighter note - deja vu anyone?

[daffy654]

A little, Prudie :)

[giveup]

Just Typical. They would probably take the boat back and scrap it.

[daffy654]

The base at Leicester sea cadets is right on the River Soar, it is a heck of a distance to a body of ocean though. lol

[janzman]

Didn't Switzerland ..a landlocked country..win The Americas Cup..

[DTCwordfan]

Can't see the Leicestershire Sea Cadets winning the Trophee Vendome though

[vulcan]

Do air cadets have to live near airports ?
The cadet force of GB is a great way to give youngsters an interest in things other then hanging round street corners, drinking and collecting ASBOs.