Telegraph
....For it becomes increasingly clear that having embarked on expensive adventures in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Prime Minister forfeited control over paying for the cost of them. Our Forces engaged in these enterprises have been ill-served.
As John Keegan observed on this page last week, there is an anti-military clique in the Treasury which regards spending on the Armed Forces as a diversion of funds from the social budget. Mr Brown has tolerated this and the Prime Minister is unable to redirect him.
.... and he's going to be the next PM?
