Originally Posted by
Mil-26Man
Cummings only exists as a political force in this country because of Leave. No vote Leave, no Cameron resignation, no Theresa May, no Boris Johnson, no Cummings.
It's called cause and effect, and Brexiters voted for this, literally.
Had BREXIT been defeated, a not unlikely alternative scenario was Cameron's slim 5-seat 2015 majority whittled down through rebellions/defections/retirements until an election was called in 2017/2018, with Corbyn becoming the new PM. I doubt Cummings will be any worse for defence & intelligence than a Corbyn government.
Regardless of the stupidity or sanity or BREXIT (depending on which side of the fence you are on), it's pointless linking multiple events together. Defence has to negotiate and persuade whoever is in power. The significant imbalance between budget and ambition across the services meant a reckoning was inevitable.