http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=40175 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Mon, 20 May 2013 13:10:37 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=40175#post-114269 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:34:28 +0000 Sinnick 114269@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>That explains all the high ranking in the officers' mess.<br /> Some stars </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=40175#post-114264 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:43:04 +0000 ianrbland 114264@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Nice idea.</p> <p>Stars </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=40175#post-114256 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:25:04 +0000 weematt 114256@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP announced today that the rank of corporal in all its forms is to be eliminated and the ranks of sergeant and above will handle their own privates in future.</p> <p>"Not also do we eliminate a layer of management," said Hammond "it meets the desire of many of our officers to be more in touch with their privates."</p> <p>Shadow Defence Secretary Jim Murphy said "This is another misguided policy. It is a well established fact that officers, especially the higher ranks, are already very much hands on with their privates." </p>