I thought Dannatt was getting a House of Lords job or similar so he can be a defence advisor to the Conservatives? He came out of the closet rather publicly last year. He will cut a deal with Fox to ensure that there is a suitable Army man (Richards?) in the CDS post in time for SDR. Otherwise the RAF and RN might get to keep some capability.
Make no mistake, the Services are truly partisan now and the Army's focus on the current conflict at the expense of any generic credible future air or naval power will hurt us all.
With the recent rumours in the media (fuelled recently by Cameron and Fox) about us starting to withdraw from Afghanistan as soon as possible one wonders whether SDR will leave us with a capability tailored to that op only just as we bring a portion of our troops home from it.
Still, not to worry. Who needs air superiority anyway? I wonder if Joint Advanced Staff College has taught any of our 2+ stars anything about each other's services that will survive the spectre of the budgetary axe.
