Churchill was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1924 to 1929. Not only did he have to restrict the overstretched expenditure of a British government that found itself balancing precariously close to bankruptcy, but for him to have prioritised defence expenditure in the Far East, he’d have not only been wasting money when Britain had demands closer to home but, given the low level of threat posed by Japan in 1929, he’d have had to be fucking psychic as well. Since the naval base at Singapore was complete well before the outbreak of war and fully equipped to service a Royal Navy fleet that wasn’t available to be sent when the threat eventuated, it is hardly something to criticise Churchill over. [/QUOTE]
Oh I wasn't criticising him merely pointing out that another chancellor may have made another decision .In the twenties this may have seemed a rationial thing to do