Next head of NATO
Unsure if this was a topic for this forum or JB - please re-site if necessary.
" Prime Minister to use US trip to lobby for Ben Wallace to become next head of Nato
Rishi Sunak also spent some time on the margins of the G7 meeting in Hiroshima last month lobbying for the Defence Secretary"
The above is a headline from the Daily Telegraph and made me wonder why the PM is lobbying, (if this is true.) . Superficially it only seems to create a problem for him as he has to find a replacement for a minister who is both popular and, apparently both efficient and respected by the armed forces ( not easy given the number of recent failures ). The job, per se, doesn't appear to bring any advantages to the host nation, apart from , perhaps, a small amount of prestige rubbing-off if he/she does a good job.
There were people urging Wallace to take part in the Tory leadership election , however he refused. This provides the only possible motive for me, in that Sunak may be planning long-term and whittling down potential adversaries.