Dannatt isn't a politician!! Neither is he a Civil Servant anymore.
Yes he is a politician. You don't need to be elected to parliament to be a politician. I'm not sure that he ever was a civil servant.
Whilst I would agree in some parts to what Torque Tonight has to say, you have to remember that although Piers Morgan was rightly sacked for the hoax photograph he printed.....you only need to remember Corporal Donald Payne. No smoke without fire.