Originally Posted by
pax britanica
After training as a cadet at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, in June 1991 Wallace was commissioned into the Scots Guards as a second lieutenant, with a short service commission. From 1991 to 1998, he served in Germany, Cyprus, Belize, and Northern Ireland.
Sums the whole thing up. Wallace knew what he was doing and had seen the consequences of Govt decisions on Defence from user point of view
Who in Government today has anything approaching a similar background in terms of relationship with what 'their' ministry does, several should face imprisonment for corruption or fraud, several others are just plain stupid or incompetent .
A shame Wallace has resigned but he must have felt like he was trying to push a block of ice up Mont Blanc in cabinet meetings . His replacement a chancer and liar , ideal with the parlous state of our defenses and the need to give at least the impression that we have a 'world class' military most of whom are probably feeling pretty depressed tonight -always doing their best (at least at 'working level') and getting precisous little in return, Often sunstandard equipment, poor conditions and crap service housing .
A N Other ex military contender (Heapey) had been a supporter of Bozo, which probably excluded him.