Yeah I'm not surprised you knew about Connolly's background Slapper, I only asked the question as an excuse to throw in the information.
I didn't know about Ronnie Bunting's background though. I guess that such extreme differences of opinion often results from complex and fraught child-parent relationships - not a rare occurrence. Plus of course "converts" tend often to take very extreme positions. I don't think that applies to Connolly though, as it was he himself, who was in the British army, and he freely chose to marry a Protestant - reaction and rebellion against oneself is not a common occurrence ! Probably much more of a learning process I suspect in Connolly's case.
What concerns me most about the TA cuts (the temporary halt of training) is the piddling savings involved ......£20 million ffs. Now if it was a substantial sum I might see some more justification for it. But surely £20 million only represents a few days operational costs in Afghanistan ?,
