U.K. Bureaucrats Get Their Bonuses. U.K. Soldiers In Afghanistan Do Not Get Their Radios And Night Goggles

Putting lives at risk: British soldiers wait for Chinook helicopters,
which are desperately needed in Afghanistan

My Civil Service Heroes: Johnson Defends £300m Bonus For MoD Penpushers As British Soldiers Die For Lack Of Equipment -- The Daily Mail

Home Secretary Alan Johnson today defended bonuses paid to civil servants in the Ministry of Defence.

Angry families of British troops killed in Afghanistan hit out as it emerged MoD officials had received performance-related payments totalling £300million.

But Mr Johnson said the MoD staff did 'difficult and sometimes dangerous' jobs which in some cases warranted a bonus.

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My Comment: And the U.K. Government wonders why so many U.K. soldiers refuse to re-enlist when their tour of duty is up.