I actually thought that Dannatt was very poor and looked embarrassed to be there. He behaved like a CDS, not a politician, which he now is. He will need to snap out of that mindset pretty quick. He had a great opportunity, now he is free of the shackles of "The Queen's Shilling", as Paddy Pantsdown put it, and should have been lambasting Labour for the lack of investment in Defence over the last decade. He let Broon and Co. off the hook. Maybe he kept quiet, because as a Conservative, he realises that Defence will be no better off. The only person who spoke with any clarity, grit and knowledge was Paddy and it is just a shame that he is a Liberal Democrat.
I expected much more of the good General, with all respect to his distingushed service.