Gordon Brown was today forced to defend himself against damaging accusations from ex-service chiefs that his Government had "contempt" for the Armed Forces by saying he had "nothing but praise" for them.
The Prime Minister interrupted a visit a school in Uganda to say that rather than starving the services of cash he had increased budgets.
He was clearly angry that the ex-service chiefs used a House of Lords debate on Thursday night while he was travelling to Africa to attack him personally.
He said: "I have got nothing but praise for the Armed Forces.
"Every year of this Government we have been increasing budgets on defence and that's why a defence settlement this year gives almost a billion every year so we can fund defence properly.
Oh really Gordon, then how come our forces are poorly equipped, they do not have enough spares for helicopters, and they have run out of missiles for the helicopter gunships? Your words sound like yet more BOLLOCKS to us!!
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