Not sure about this link as it is a paid-for site (The Sunday Times) - [
link to www.thesundaytimes.co.uk]
But the intro (sticking to forum fair-use percentage rules) says
"THE British Army has been ordered to take an extended 25-day Christmas holiday or “work from home” in an attempt to cut its gas and electricity bills.
Occam's Razor says that the simplest solution (or answer) is usually the right one... so, the British Army is offering extended leave to save money.
Let's face it, the UK are beyond broke, and they're desperate to save any money any way they can.
If the British military were preparing for war or some other serious, large-scale event, their bases would be absolutely alive with activity, and most, if not all leaves would be cancelled.
If there was also a realistic prospect that the UK would be attacked with nuclear weapons or even invaded, troops would be ordered to report for duty, *all* leaves would be cancelled, initial orders would be given, and then orders to disperse troops and materiel would be given.
In fact, the movement of troops and equipment off bases would be impossible to hide or ignore because the scale of activity would simply be massive.
As to the Russians moving two combat brigades to the Norwegian border, this is likely just a routine rotation of troops.
No doom here.
