If you cannot explain it in a manner that I can understand, then the implication is that whatever it is that you think is important is actually worthless.

Inequality, as it is most commonly understood, refers to dough, wads of $, cash – not intelligence or potential, but definitely opportunities presented or denied because one can afford education or decent health-care.

The “upper crust” frequently cite in-bred superiority as moral justification to pontificate and rule by the grace of God, but people can be filthy rich and stinking stupid at the same time. I reserve a generous portion of disrespect for “poor” folks born with the family silver up their asses.

Some people in the TA do it for ‘the buzz’ or ‘the craic’. If the TA just sort of stops for six months then they will go elsewhere for their fix. Football team loyalty is arguably similar to unit loyalty. There is a lot of football in the UK, operating on a lot of levels.

Alternatively some in the TA have become used to the renumeration and will just either work longer hours at their regular jobs or take another ’second career’.

Those who are motivated by public service might become retained firemen, special constables, St John’s Ambulance volunteers/NHS ambulance service community first responders.

Unless the TA is actually there, people will walk and those that do are much less likely to return when the MoD opens for business again in six months time. Keeping TACs open for social occasions during the period won’t cut the mustard either.

There are NRPS who look after a lot of the big/heavy kit. These people will still have to be employed, along with PSIs, LECs and so on who run the TA when the TA themselves are not there. All of those costs will still have to be covered; So it’s not like the entirity of TAVR expenditure will actually be turned off for six months – only the bit that directly supports Operations.