Radio 4’s Analysis has just done an interesting half hour investigation on Defence funding.
http://http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09r47j7#play
Interestingly amongst the contributors was Gen Barons warning of impending disaster in a manner not entirely unreminiscent of Churchill’s wilderness years, and CDS who politely but firmly said Barons was entitled to his own opinion. In other words, it’s fine, we’ve done splendidly these past few years, don’t know what the fuss is about. If ever there was an example of talking your own book, that was it.