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SNP MP says make a "better offer" to Black Watch recruits to save historic regiment
Black Watch, the SNP has urged. Stewart McDonald MP, the SNP defence spokesman, made the plea as he called on UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace to take the famous regimental name off the cuts danger list.McDonald said: “As far as the Black Watch itself goes, I don’t think any Defence Secretary worth their salt would sign off on abolishing the Black Watch, not least the Scottish Defence Secretary who served in the armed forces themselves.”McDonald added: “I think Ben Wallace has to come out and make that clear at the earliest possible opportunity, but if we want to make sure that the Black Watch continues to flourish, as we want to see the Armed Forces do across the board, we need to improve the offer.