Funny how we've been "cutting the fat" for well over 20 years and we still, apparently, have some left. It's worth remembering that the Rt Hon Member for Kilmarnock and Loudoun is a barrister by trade and a Treasury man. He is also a strong ally of Brown, no "e"; the man who seems to resent every penny voted to defence and war fighting. Clearly, defence is in safe hands then.