Sid, old boy,,
I wasn't being entirely serious in my suggestion! However, at least he would have some experience of the military rather than the recent string of no-hopers with no experience who have occupied the various defence ministerial appointments.
Whether it's an apocryphal tale or not, I have it on good authority that one of Nu Labour's Defence Ministers went on the usual air-to-air refuelling sortie from Brize. Having been comprehensively briefed, he turned to the escorting officer as some Tornados appeared and asked "Are those aircraft ours?"
