Correct spelling ???
While the politicians manoeuvre and spin before the imminent party conferences, "big announcements" are being whispered about "massive" defence cuts, with the rest of the Typhoon programme, the A400 and "carriers" figuring in the latest reports about Conservative plans (subject to break clauses about which the hopeful incumbent says he knows nothing, thus leaving a useful get-out for himself).
Nothing unusual in all this, but nobody has come up with the better, more accurate way to spell "Chancellor" - just leave out the "h" (and if necessary for the pedantic, change the "o" to "e", but the meaning should be clear before that). This too isn't new - the various occupants of the Woolsack have been at it for a good 50 years as far as defence goes, whatever their political "colour".
Political "leaders" may say what they would like, defence chiefs and the industry may try their hardest to put those wishes into effect, but the Canceller and his merry henchpersons have made sure that very little trickled towards the "sharp end".
Poor Britannia indeed (in both senses of the word)...
PS (Mods check for taste ?) Slight Freudian slip in the above post, about "supreme sacrifice" ... "grave doubts" ???