Burnham’s economics of empty promises

so tell us briefly about that piece.

It was a very moving read, if I may say so.

And the contrast between how our special forces are... treated with various new labor trough-nuzzling lawyers trying to stitch them

up

years and years after they've been operating in some very nasty theaters of war compared to, say, their American counterparts.

Well, there was much hilarity because a woman who used to work at the base in Hereford had given evidence to this Haddon Cave, Justice Haddon Cave inquiry, which is into their alleged war crimes in Afghanistan.

And this lady rather amusingly had said, had complained about the soldier's language and said, you don't get...

It's words you use quite a lot, Liam, but we won't mention them on Planet Normal.

You don't get anyone in Marks and Spencer's calling someone an effing C.

And this led to lots of people online rigging up a sort of M&S, SAS sort of outfit range.

Yeah.

I mean, there was a lot of fun to be had.

And I said in the piece that if there was ever a hostage situation in ladies lingerie, I'd rather that the SAS guys were coming through the window on their abseiling kit than some of these guardian reading people who don't think...

I mean...

The clue, Liam, isn't it, is in the, you know, swear like a trooper.

And I think they're allowed to let off a bit of steam.

But yes, it was fascinating talking to them.

We'll have a link to the actual event, which was in Hereford Cathedral.

And there were some funny moments because, of course, some of the stuff they get into.

But the truth is that the Americans don't rate the British military anymore.

Tragically, they just see it as woeful and underfunded, but they really, really think they really rate the SAS.

So they're very important in keeping the special relationship going.

And one thing I found out was that the The Delta Force, which is the US special forces, they won't take any casualties at all.

So when they were in Afghanistan, if they wanted to get a bomb maker who is in a particular compound, they'd call in the bombers and destroy the entire compound with all the women and children in it.

That's how America does it because Americans don't believe Americans should be killed.

so tell us briefly about that piece.

It was a very moving read, if I may say so.

And the contrast between how our special forces are... treated with various new labor trough-nuzzling lawyers trying to stitch them

up

years and years after they've been operating in some very nasty theaters of war compared to, say, their American counterparts.

Well, there was much hilarity because a woman who used to work at the base in Hereford had given evidence to this Haddon Cave, Justice Haddon Cave inquiry, which is into their alleged war crimes in Afghanistan.

And this lady rather amusingly had said, had complained about the soldier's language and said, you don't get...

It's words you use quite a lot, Liam, but we won't mention them on Planet Normal.

You don't get anyone in Marks and Spencer's calling someone an effing C.

And this led to lots of people online rigging up a sort of M&S, SAS sort of outfit range.

Yeah.

I mean, there was a lot of fun to be had.

And I said in the piece that if there was ever a hostage situation in ladies lingerie, I'd rather that the SAS guys were coming through the window on their abseiling kit than some of these guardian reading people who don't think...

I mean...

The clue, Liam, isn't it, is in the, you know, swear like a trooper.

And I think they're allowed to let off a bit of steam.

But yes, it was fascinating talking to them.

We'll have a link to the actual event, which was in Hereford Cathedral.

And there were some funny moments because, of course, some of the stuff they get into.

But the truth is that the Americans don't rate the British military anymore.

Tragically, they just see it as woeful and underfunded, but they really, really think they really rate the SAS.

So they're very important in keeping the special relationship going.

And one thing I found out was that the The Delta Force, which is the US special forces, they won't take any casualties at all.

So when they were in Afghanistan, if they wanted to get a bomb maker who is in a particular compound, they'd call in the bombers and destroy the entire compound with all the women and children in it.

That's how America does it because Americans don't believe Americans should be killed.