Yesterday in PMQs Gordon Brown finally admitted what we all knew….the defence budget had been cut for several years in real terms.

I feel this is a real betrayal to our service men and women. My own personal view is that I never supported the decision to go to war. I’m anti-war generally and would always prefer the peaceful option if at all possible.

What I find really hard to ever accept is the needless deaths of our soldiers through inadequate equipment, which is exactly what is happened with the use of snatch landrovers.

Our Prime Minister still didn’t apologise, I wonder if it’s in his make up to ever admit and apologise for a mistake. He needs to consider doing so to all the families affected by this dreadful war.