Was L/Cpl Beharry right to snub the PM? Probably a bit rude, eh?
Would I do the same? YES.
My wife and I have our "Letter from Betty" on the study wall behind me ... nothing there that says my loyalty is/was to the PM. Just to my
Queen and my
military superiors. The parchment says, as many of you know "... Observe and follow such Orders and Directions as from time to time you shall receive from Us, or any superior Officer ..."
I don't see some transient politician mentioned there, on
either copy.
So Gordo can "strut and fret his hour upon the stage", but he will NEVER have the respect of the British military community.
[Still a bit f-ing rude, though, Johnson
]