@Ledswinger -
I don't know why all the downvotes. 33bn sounds like a massive number, but over 10 years that's £3.3bn/yr. UK GDP is around 2 tr/year. As a policy that requires some government funding, surely "having a 21st century communications infrastructure" ranks fairly high compared to "giving our soldiers new shiny toys to play with that are only marginally better but cost ten times as more than the ones they already have"
Biting the hand that feeds IT
