By Jonathan Isaby
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It has been announced by the Ministry of Defence this afternoon that Lord Ashcorft, the Conservative peer and majority proprietor of this website, has been appointed as lead advisor on a government review of military bases on Cyprus.
He will work alongside Conservative MP Patrick Mercer on the review, considering the future of the 3,000 UK personnel stationed across two bases, Akrotiri and Dhekelia.
They will report by the end of the year.
Lord Ashcroft has shown a particular interest in - and commitment to - the military over many decades, so there is no doubting he will take this role extremely seriously.
I offer him my personal congratulations on the appointment and wish him well as he goes about conducting the review.
