| Jeff Duncan, campaign organiser, today outlined a new tactic designed to oust MPs and elect new Westminster members who, he says, will put the needs of their constituents before their own interests.
Last month, the Government’s least well-kept secret was revealed with the news that Scotland’s six regiments, including The Black Watch, were to be amalgamated into one single super regiment.
Mr Duncan said for most Scottish soldiers, the news had been a bitter end to 2004 and the prospects for 2005 looked dismal for their regiment’s future.
He said that despite the opinions and experience of countless generals and brigadiers who had commanded the regiments, an inexperienced Defence Minister had blindly pushed on with ill-conceived plans for the regiments, while the men who had fought through two dangerous tours of duty in Iraq were rewarded with the scrapping of their regiments.
“It is our belief the Government’s big mistake last year was to believe they were taking on just a few soldiers and their families.
“After the Edinburgh rally, when over 3000 took to the streets, the Government will now wonder if they are squaring up to a sizeable angry chunk of the electorate.”
He added that the campaign would soon announce two further rallies, with a mass rally planned for London in the spring and details of forthcoming election strategies.
Mr Duncan said voters would remember the gross betrayal of their soldiers when marking their ballot paper at the expected general election in May. |
