Originally Posted by
Asturias56
There's a problem with searching through politicians backgrounds t see if they favour "brown" "blue" or light blue" as the only safe answer becomes to appoint someone who has absolutely no background, knowledge or interest in the armed forces- Mr Corbyn, Ms Abbott or Mr Gove say................
True. Although I think the current incumbent is the first to have served full time since Tom King in the early 90s. Be interesting to see if that makes an actual difference (It's interesting to note that all previous SOS with a military background served in the Army)