Originally Posted by
Red Line Entry
And of course, all of you lot wrote to the papers while you were serving to complain about cuts...
Oh hang on, you didn’t. Maybe that was because as a serving officer/airman/soldier you had a duty to support the elected representatives of the people, regardless of whether you agreed with them or not.
Once retired, you are of course free to express whatever views you wish. Maybe that is exactly what the Admiral is doing.
Its not a case of writing to the damned papers about it. Its about effing inspiration and Leadership and Command, for crying out loud. If you as a Very Senior Commander have either misgivings or concerns about being able to deliver what your rank, your position and your appointment charges you with delivering, when there is at least one hand tied behind your back, it is your responsibility to either do something about it or speak the hell up and say so.
Unless you give more of a toss about your career and your place in the House Of Lords than you do for those in your command. Which, in recent years with very few notable exceptions, is mainly the way it has been going. The paucity of leadership is frankly embarrassing.