Originally Posted by
NutLoose
At least he will serve on until then as hopefully the Defence Minister, he is one of those rare ministers in that post that appear to be doing a damned good job.
Mods, this hopefully isn’t counted as political, because as the Defence Minister it affects all aspects of the Military.
Apparently he's said he will resign at the next re-shuffle.
A shame. A man who has managed to secure some (if not enough) uplift in the budget and seemed largely on top of his brief. Didn't seem to want to be PM, had set his heart on SG of NATO and when that was "blocked" had the balls to step away on his own terms. That said - Command Paper due out next week, might have some indefensible nasties in it......