I’ve just had the radio… and I heard a rather odd advert.

Basically it’s from the UK army and it’s offering a career in the army as a place of safety in these troubled economic times.

Now, I know what they are suggesting - it’s clear that the army will keep getting paid throughout the economic downs and ups - but I’m not sure I’d use the word “safety”, not with the almost daily sad, bad news from Afghanistan and Iraq.

I don’t think I’ll be signing up any time soon… (besides I’m too old anyway!)